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The 37th Annual April’s Fool’s Day Satirical Edition
MARCH 27, 2018
THE MASCOT SEARCH IS ON
To defEAT the trash teams
THEY’REEEEE TOT-ERRIFIC
Not only the hero we deserve, but the hero we need
Jasper is back and happier than ever
Lasallians will go NUTS over this one
Because no one can ever take things seriously, these are the top five mascots from the mascot survey. One of those monstrosities will be running up and down our basketball court during halftime, thanks to you baffoons. I am ashamed in all of you for what you have done. For more on this developing story, visit page 42. PHOTOSHOP SQUAD / THE TRIANGLE
Student Finds Whole Severed Hand in Locke’s Loft Salad
O’Donnell Changes Name to O’Malley for Hair, $5 Million
Joelle Nalism
Faustian J. Bargain
A Manhattan College student, who wishes to remain anonymous, found a whole, severed hand in her salad this past Wednesday. The student, and Gourmet Dining, confirmed the find this week. The student, a junior at Manhattan College, was extremely disgusted to find the severed appendage. It was so, so nasty. Okay, the student was me. I found the hand and I am mad about it. But I am a journalist, so I will strive my best to keep in mind the ethics of a true journalist. “I thought to myself, ‘man this plate is unreasonably heavy,’” said the student, on her decision to consume a salad in Locke’s that fateful day. The student had decided to end her meal on a healthy note. When she took a bite of the lettuce, she realized that a literal hand was laying on top of her salad. She said that she took the plate up to a cook to show what she had found and the cook actually vomited into his fancy chef hat. He shakily pointed towards a nearby manager, who screamed and fainted on the
It was a dark and rainy Thursday night when Manhattan College President Brennan P. O’Donnell, Ph.D., heard the taps against the front driver’s side window of his Acura as he prepared to leave after a long day’s work. “I’m back,” said the figure, from within a black cloak, its claw still scraping against the glass. “First I bought the library, then Lee Hall, then the entire business school, and now I want… you.” The President recalls the figure then unhooding itself, revealing the face of Thomas O’Malley ‘63, climate changer and Manhattan College mega donor. O’Malley then demanded that the President change his last name from O’Donnell to O’Malley, promising that in turn the President would be given a full head of hair and a $5 million donation to the college’s handrail repainting program. It was an offer that the President simply could not refuse. Phil Meeyup, an MC junior who witnessed the exchange,
said he saw thunder and lightning appear over the President’s car, and that he watched the President’s very soul be sucked beneath O’Malley’s cloak. “It was really spectacular,” Meeyup said. “O’Donnell, or, I guess, President O’Malley’s body was jerking and twitching… he was foaming at the mouth, and afterward he just had this strange grin on his face.” “I have no regrets,” the newly-minted Brennan O’Malley said in a later interview, wearing a dazed, satisfied grin beneath his new afro. “I did what was best for the college, and, besides… ‘Malley?,’ ‘Donnell?,’ it’s all the same anyway.” Thomas O’Malley intends to pursue the remains of St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle for his next purchase.
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She runs the show
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Trump Golfing, Apocalypse Delayed on p. 45
If I had to suffer, you’re going to have to as well... LOOK AT IT! MY PHONE / THE TRIANGLE
recently mopped floor. “And she said, once she came to, that although the salad came in bags from the manufacturer, she would be investigating every worker to confirm they all have two hands that remain intact,” said the student. So I-- I mean, the student carried the hand towards the dish return as students lept out of the way. One interested student poked the disembodied hand with a used fork. Brian Weinstein, resident
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director of Gourmet Dining, told me he was not available for comment. Although he did suspiciously have a new hook in place of his right hand... The student was given free vouchers to the vegetarian portion of the menu at Cafe 1853. The cost of a scarring experience of having a literal severed hand in my salad? Priceless (because the counseling center on campus is free).
Brennan O’Malley
He’s watching... Masiello to be and he’s waiting on replaced by p. 1853... Loyola’s Sister Jean p. 777
Please Laugh.
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the Triangle The 37th Annual Satire Edition Do It For The Vine
Taylor Brethauer I think I know more about American Girl dolls than you do, genius. Stephen Zubrycky Look at this GRAPH... Jack Melanson I had a grat tim win i was chechncret i had los av macup on my fac. Megan Dreher Hi, welcome to Chili’s. Rose Brennan O’Donnell Can I get a waffle? Can I PLEASE get a waffle? John Jackson Kevin, Kevin, watch the light dude! RikkiLynn Shields You know what? I love myself. Even though I look like a BURNT chicken nugget, I still love myself. Catherine Goodyear I wanna take a nap... I wanna take a nap right here. Goodnight. Gabriella DePinho I am the sand guardian, guardian of the sand. Michevi Dufflart Roadwork ahead? Yeah, I sure hope it does.
Haley Burnside HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAVEN! ...I can’t swim. Joseph Liggio Come and get y’all’s juice. Lauren Schuster Hurricane Katrina? More like Hurricane Tortilla! Alexa Schmidt Girl you’re thicker than a bowl of oatmeal. C. Garrett Keidel I can’t believe you’ve done this. Anja Pollozi You want a french fry? Eat a french fry. Alyssa Velazquez I wanna be a cowboy, baaybaay. Samantha Walla I smell like beef. Mohsin Ahmed
Stop! I could’ve dropped my croissant! Shannon Gleba Wow.
Abby Crowell *Squidward dabbing* Thomas Callahan When will you learn? WHEN WILL YOU LEARN... THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Quadrangle for this IMPORTANT SAT IRE EDIT ION. (For the normal Issue 9, visit page 13) About The Triangle An annual tradition, The Triangle is a fake news organization published by the students of Manhattan College. We strive to make fun of the most ridiculous things on campus and the greater community, publishing only once a year in the spring semester. Our goal is always humor, subpar Photoshop skills and smart satire. The Triangle meets once a year. The opinions expressed in The Triangle most certainly do not reflect the views of Manhattan College in general.
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The Brethauer Death Hour OBITUARIES
Scaramucci Rest in peace, man. We hardly knew ya. I don’t even think Donald Trump knew ya. But you know what they say, that’s show biz. The old Quad office Farewell, old friend. You’ve given us lots of laughs, lots of spilled soy sauce (shout-out to Yokohama homies). But most importantly, the gift of never knowing what time it was due to your lack of windows. We’ve moved on to smaller and more cramped places, but we hope you’re being put to good use. You know what they say, that’s show biz. Toys R Us This one is a tough one. I mean, I haven’t even shopped here since I was looking for gifts for my baby cousins (they’re 10 now). Well, you know what they say. That’s show biz. Leo Smoke Stack When I look into the skyline over the abmisal Riverdale area, I noticed the departure of a dear friend and my favorite brick column. But I know you’re in a better place: the junkyard. But that’s the way the news goes in show biz. My sanity It’s been a long time without you. Then again, I hardly knew ya either! But you know what they say: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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There’s a hole in my heart... And there’s also a hole in my air conditioning unit, which is why I keep seeing mice all over my room. I’m just looking for a strong, handsome man to patch those holes up. Physical Plant, you know where to find me. (Sleeping in my bathtub until you make the little vermins go away). Whoever paid for Jesse McCartney to come to campus, In the words of the great gift from God, Jesse McCartney, “Let’s get freaky, hey, oh freaky, hey oh hey, freaky hey oh hey freaky hey oh hey freaky freaky” @jessemccartneyluver5ever101 Jar vis, Have you seen that vine of the shirtless guy with the guitar singing to a girl “I love you b****, i ain’t ever gonna stop loving you, b****” - that’s how i feel about you A locke’s loft lover
Dear Pep Band, Your rendition of “Everytime We Touch” makes me feel alive inside. And I know I haven’t felt that way since my last midterm exam... It’s fine. I’m fine.
Chef Mark, How you make my heart flutter and my stomach rumble with delight. Anony-chocolate-mousse HEY GUYS We really like Locke’s cookies specifically the M&M ones - so feel free to keep dropping them on the quad. If not, we’re invading Locke’s. xoxoxo MC Squirrels
Dear Elevators, Thanks for never working so I always get leg day in. My legs will look real good the next time you let me ride you again. With love, Jasper Hall and Horan Hall residents My darling Thomas O’Malley, Thanks for treating me so luxuriously. I’ll be sure to make the money you spent on me well worth it. With love, The School of Business
Pauly Paulicap, You are a beautiful man. Signed, definitely not Steve Masiello
@ManhattanCollegeDjs You’ve got nothing on me, but you can still get me to play my funky music if you know what I mean @RateMyLockes
Admissions Counselors, Hate to see you go, love to watch you leave with love, you kno i got that thicc acceptance packet
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MARCH 27, 2018
Quadrangle Student Newspaper Wins Trump Fake News Award Fox N. Frenz The Manager
The Quadrangle is now one of several American news organizations to receive the prestigious honor of Fake News Award from U.S. President Donald J. Trump. “The absurd FAKE NEWS Quadrangle is the latest winner of my fake news award. Poor little Joe Liggio is a big phony who doesn’t know anything about washing machines,” the President’s tiny little fingers tweeted last week. The announcement came in a flurry of tweets in which Trump denounced Oprah Winfrey, Gandhi and Jesus Himself. The Quadrangle’s Editorin-Chief, Taylor Brethauer, was honored to receive the recognition. “This is among the highest honors I’ve ever received,” Brethauer said. “We’re not taking this for granted. We’re looking forward to keeping up the good work.” Trump added to his tweet at a campaign rally in Asheville, N.C.
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“These people in the back… the media… the liars… look at them. They’re horrible. I gave… you know I gave the fake news award… I gave it out, because I give these out you know, I’m the only one who gives these out. And I gave it to The Quadrangle,” Trump said to the booing crowd. Trump continued. “Because The Quadrangle reports only lies folks, they’re so bad. So many lies. You wouldn’t believe it. You know the other day, and you’re not going to believe this, but, the other day, believe me, the other day, The Quadrangle came out and they came out with this story and they said that ‘Jaspers win big.’ And I look at that and I say, and I think, did they even see my electoral college victory? Did they see the map? Because, I will tell you, that map, you look at that map, and that’s a big win, big, folks. It’s a big, big win.” Follow The Triangle for continuing coverage of Trump’s Fake News Awards and 3 million-vote 2016 election loss.
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BREAKING: Steve Masiello Happy Fay Canoes
Row, row, row your boat Manhattan College’s “big bad wolf” of basketball has had a change of heart as of late. Coming off of the “S’MAACdown” of the men’s basketball team in Albany earlier this month, one might expect Steve Masiello to withdraw to his cave under the stairs in Draddy Gymnasium to wallow and poke needles into his Iona College voodoo doll. But in reality, the exact opposite occurred. Widespread panic occurred at the college when Masiello arrived on campus the Monday following the MAAC tournament, wearing Birkenstock sandals, sunglasses, Patagonia pants, a “Life is Good” T-shirt and most shocking of all, a smile on his face. “This is absolutely unprecedented. I think he must have hit his head or something,” said student Bea Mused. The insanity continued throughout the day, when Masiello was spotted saying “Good morning” to various members of the faculty and staff and skipping on his way to the gymnasium for practice. According to junior Annie Split, a Jasper Dancer, Masiello practiced decorum rarely seen before. “He actually hugged our
Just look at that smile. PAULY PAULICAP’S SNAPCHAT / COURTESY
coach, and he didn’t yell at us for taking up the court,” Split said. “And then he sat down to watch our nationals routine, and then he actually clapped when we were done!” No one knows where this change of heart came from, but it is clear that both students and faculty are highly uncomfortable. “You think you know someone,” said Missy DePoint. “Usually Steve would be the one leading the ‘Fordham sucks’ chant, but now he’s telling us to pause and react more positively with our environment.” This change of heart has become so concerning that even college higher-ups are getting involved. President Brennan O’Donnell announced his intention to stage an intervention for Masiello. “This absolute insanity must stop,” O’Donnell said. “We are, of course, the embodiment of Lasallian values, except
for that time we took $25 million from someone who made his money polluting the planet. Nevertheless, as Lasallians, it is our duty to get our old friend Steve back.” Regardless of the college’s intentions, one person remains happy about Masiello’s change in demeanor: Steve Masiello. “I am just so content and in tune with my environment,” Masiello gushed. “Positive thinking and interactions are just so fulfilling, and I hope one day, everyone can recognize that.” Though the college is in crisis over this recent development, members of the men’s basketball team are not worried in the slightest. “This will all end soon,” said point guard Dee Ribble. “Wait until he finds out we’re playing Iona for our first game next season. The old Masiello will come roaring back.”
Basilisk Found in Library Subfloors Harold J. Potter
Runnin this show, fightin Voldemort, the usual Manhattan College students were shocked to receive an ominous email this past Tuesday, March 20 from the public safety office. The email, which was received at 11:00 p.m. that evening, had a simple message, reading: “The subfloors of O’Malley Library are now, until further circumstances, closed to all students. Enemies of the heir, beware.” Students in the Horan Hall 4th floor lounge were perplexed by the email, as it distracted them from their studying. “All I want to do is definitely check out the library subfloors now,” said junior Dean Thomas. Thomas and some of his other friends, including sophomore Stan Shunpike, agreed. “I’ve heard that when Brother Jasper built this school with the other founders, he made a chamber just for pureblood Jaspers for generations to come. I bet there’s a basilisk down there, but they won’t tell us,” said Shunpike. A basilisk is a large snakelike creature that can kill with a single glance. Thomas and his other friends have not been heard from since their interview
Tuesday night. As the week went on, more students crowded around the doors to the subfloors, with rumors spreading around about Physical Plant sealing off the doors for good. “Although I cannot specifically discuss what is going on in the subfloors, I can confirm that there is a dangerous creature down there and we are looking into welding the doors shut until further notice,” said Andrew Ryan, vice president of facilities in a phone interview. He continued. “All I can do is advise students to stay away from the subfloor doors because I don’t know what will happen next,” said Ryan. After a long pause, he added, “I would also advise for students studying in areas near the doors to the subfloors to carry reflective surfaces with them at all times. The creature we’re dealing with is only harmful when direct eyecontact is made.” It seems like the basilisk is what we are dealing with here. Librarians had mentioned that students in the past few weeks that came in looking for books located in the subfloors left the library with a look that can only be described as one way: petrified. “Some of them were just downright frozen solid. It took
me a while to put the clues together when I realized something might be down there. Luckily, I was livestreaming on my popular Instagram account, ‘librariansRcool’ so I didn’t come face-to-face with what must have been the largest snake I had ever seen,” said assistant librarian John Gormley. This news was something not mentioned in previous interviews, so The Triangle decided to investigate further. But because of the snow day, the investigating would have to be delayed by a day. Except the mystery continued. The next morning, another public safety email came out to MC email accounts, stating: “The O’Malley Library lower floors are now completely prohibited. Her body will lie in the chamber forever.” Another ominous email only made student curiosity grow, so there was an exuberant amount of students studying the next day, especially with a growing population near the entrance to the subfloors. “I’m starting to think this is something out of a book you know? Like some kind of bestselling series that gains worldwide acclaim and is made into an eight movie series that we would cherish throughout the rest of our lives and pass down to our children. I don’t know.
Follow the spiders? Why couldn’t it have been follow the butterflies? WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA / THE TRIANGLE
It might have also been the shrooms I did last night too,” said student Susan Bones. Stepping over a long, riverlike stampede of spiders, this reporter got as close to the door as the public safety officer on duty would let people get. That is, until three men: one with golden, curly locks and a devilish smile, one with red hair and hand-me-down clothes and another with round wire glasses and a distinctive scar on
his forehead raced past the perplexed guard and down in the subfloors, setting the crowd of intrigued students into a frenzy. “This has to be a senior prank,” said one student nearby. Prank or not, there is something going on in the subfloors. For more coverage, continue following The Triangle.
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Kitchen Nightmares: Russia Accused of Interference in Manhattan College Student Government Elections Kneu Toomey Edition Who would’ve thought?
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At the beginning of the semester, a group of students emailed the show Kitchen Nightmares, hosted by chef Gordon Ramsay, complaining about the state of the food served (mainly, but not limited to) Locke’s buffet. After a couple weeks, and due to a big effort from students tweeting pictures about the daily meals served in the all-you-can-eat dining hall, the producers of the show decided to dedicate a complete episode to what they called “Kitchen Nightmares: College Edition.” Since the public announcement that the show was coming to Riverdale, Gourmet Dining planted real seeds in the ‘Organic Garden’ located outside Lee Hall, and started a quest to find real ‘free caged eggs’ and ‘non-GMO chicken’ that the company presumes in its posters around Locke’s. The visit was scheduled to happen last Friday, and because of this all dining halls around campus were closed on Thursday in preparation to the visit of the famous chef. As it is accustomed, Ramsay arrived around 11 am among cheers of the students, hopeful that the menu and quality of the cafeteria would change after the visit. “Oh wow, this is horrendous,” were the first words of the Michelin-starred chef as he passed next to the carving station. “The puree is the only thing that can be rescued. The chicken and the salmon are overcooked, snap.” He even skipped the pizza station, rolling back his eyes. When he arrived to the grill station he asked for a hamburger and a piece or grilled chicken. “This is worse than I ever expected it to be,” Ramsay said. “The chicken was burnt and hamburgers were thin… cheese was as bad as I’ve ever tasted.” After this comment he grabbed the chicken and threw
it against the grill. “Darn,” he shouted. The star chef then tried some classics from the ‘Hot Plate’ area such as: White Rice, Vegetable Lasagna, General Tso’s Chicken and Boiled Cauliflower. “It was my hardest episode so far because I had to contain myself from cursing,” said Ramsay. “I spent a lot of time coming up and studying substitutes for the words I usually say”. To alleviate some of the anger, he tried to drink water from the dispensing machines, but the first three out of the four glasses he drank of had holes on them and decided to throw them across the dining hall, hitting one of the employees. Ramsay proceeded to enter the kitchen and encountered that most produce used were either frozen or close to their date of expiry. After seeing this, he abruptly left Thomas Hall. “This is one of the worse situations I’ve experienced,” chef Ramsay said. “Usually, we invest some money to renovate these kitchens and dining halls, but Manhattan College is a lost cause.” Brian Weinstein, Resident District Manager of Gourmet Dining, said: “This is probably the hardest challenge we’ve had, but we have impressed him in a very positive way. I don’t think students have much to complain about after Mr. Ramsey’s reviews of our menu.” After the episode aired this last Sunday, Thomas O’Malley decided to invest $50 million in the renovation of all the dining spaces in Manhattan College, and Locke’s will be now known as ‘Tommy’s Café.’
This past Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement in conjunction with Instagram Account @ mc_squirrels suggesting evidence of Russian interference in the 2018 Manhattan College Student Government elections. According to the report, there is “strong reason to believe” that Iona College-based agents acting under the directive of Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a campaign of misinformation and hacking in order to affect the outcome of MC’s elections. “Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the Manhattan College democratic process, denigrate the Jaspers, and harm the electability and potential presidency of numerous candidates,” read part of
the first page of the report. Further details reveal shocking allegations, ranging from pulling the fire alarms in Horan and Lee halls, the theft of hundreds of daily “MC Announcement” emails and voter bribery with Broadway Joe’s pizza. Some students have even reported that their Lockes salad was bugged, a situation Gourmet Dining is “currently looking in to.” The full extent of the meddling has yet to be determined, but seems to be vast enough to delay the announcement of the college’s new mascot. “You’re buggin’ son, I have no idea who Vladimir Putin is, deadass,” said one student carrying two large pepperoni pies outside Hayden Hall, who wished to remain anonymous. “The elections were today? I don’t check my emails, like ever. But damn I can’t believe they really did them like that, that’s wild bro,” said the stu-
dent in between bites of a slice. Members of Public Safety were seen canvassing the area near Draddy Gymnasium Monday morning, looking for any evidence of foreign agents on campus. The NYPD’s 50th precinct has also ramped up presence in and around the school, placing checkpoints at all major entrances and exits. “We’re currently in the process of capturing all of the squirrels on campus and checking them for wires and hidden cameras. We have found three so far that were wearing such devices.” said Sergeant Hugh Badgely, a spokesman for the department. “There are so many around here that this might take days, maybe weeks.” The Elections Committee was not immediately available for comment on the report. The situation is still under investigation.
Fenwick’s Featured on Bar Rescue Miss Keisha Oh mah god...
This past week Riverdale’s infamous Fenwick’s Pub got the Bar Rescue treatment. Jon Taffer and his camera crew had no idea what they signed up for when they agreed to come into the Bronx to rescue the dirtiest bar known to NYC. The hit show Bar Rescue premieres on Spike. In the show, a team of professionals in the bar industry go into a failing bar and find ways to improve it. The team took on their most difficult case with the staple Manhattan College bar. They entered the Bar this past Thursday for their preliminary evaluation of the operations at Fens. Upon arrival, Taffer became angry when he was asked to give the bouncer, Pat, a five dollar bill. The 63-year-old instead handed Pat
his I.D. which the bouncer refused to accept, calling it “a phony.” After a Thirsty Thursday regular helped get the Rescue Crew into the bar, they got a chance to see the full challenge ahead of them. “At first glance I saw an area with some potential. Then my eyes adjusted to the light and I realized that even we could not make this place a desirable bar,” said one of the show producers. “There was a room full of sweaty white kids singing Cardi B. It was gross,” said another producer. Jon Taffer himself set out to actually try one of the drinks. After forty minutes of pushing his way through bodies to get to the bar, he asked for one of their most popular drinks. He handed it over to the Bar Rescue Mixologist for judgement. “They handed me a huge
plastic bucket full of bright blue liquid. After one sip I determined it was 70 percent ice and 15 percent food coloring with splashes of nail polish remover and Svedka. A random girl reached over and took a sip without asking, because apparently that’s common here,” said the mixologist. The show’s Bar Layout Expert termed the bar layout as “modern dumpster fire.” She took one look at the bathrooms and immediately quit her job. After Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” played four consecutive times, the Rescue Crew decided to leave the bar, as nothing could rescue it. The Bar Rescue team has decided not to air the episode. Fens will continue to be the most popular bar among Manhattan College students as their absolute bottom of the barrel standards will remain.
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President O’Donnell Revealed as Meme Mastermind Dan K. Memez I am so funny.
After months of diligent searching and investigative journalism, The Triangle has finally discovered the administrator behind both manhattancollegememes and manhattancollegedankmemes: none other than President Brennan O’Donnell himself. The president revealed his moonlight work as the supreme meme overlord of Manhattan (or Meme-hattan, as he referred to it) College during an address to prospective students and their parents during the most recent accepted students day. “I thought I would give this meme thing a shot, especially since Harambe took a shot for me,” O’Donnell said in his speech. Upon saying this, he immediately dabbed, to the delight of the accepted students and to the horror of their fam-
ily members. This purported notorious rivalry began in early 2017, when manhattancollegedankmemes
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“No one suspected me because I memed myself,” said president Brennan O’Donnell on running a popular Manhattan College meme account. __________________________
was established in direct response to the original manhattancollegememes page. “I felt that the campus rivalry between Broadway Joe’s and Goodfella’s just wasn’t
MC Anarchist Disappointed to Find Lack of Explosions at Scatterbomb Show Diana Mite Senior Citizen
The aim of Scatterbomb, the college’s improv comedy group, is to make their audiences laugh and smile. Sadly, at their show last Saturday, a student left with a sad frown on his face. James Stevensons, better known by his punk street name ‘Johnny Snarls,’ is a self-proclaimed anarchist. His interests include napalm, destruction, arsonry and long walks on the beach. He also enjoys the occasional bombing, which led him to check out Scatterbomb’s latest show. “I love bombings, from firecrackers and fireworks to fullscale building demolitions. As an anarchist, that s*** is just the best” Johnny stated in an exclusive interview with The Quadrangle. The show started with a
bang as Kevin Donald and Aedan Roney performed a bit where they used nothing but their elbows and knees to operate a vintage “Disco Fever” Pinball machine from 1978. The crowd was in stitches, but this was not the bang that Johnny was looking for. “If you’re going to put BOMB in your name, then at least blow something up! This is worse than that time were I went to that Arcade Fire concert and didn’t see a single flame,” he said. This is not the first time the improv group’s name has caused confusion. A few years ago, a member of ISIS was disappointed to learn that Scatterbomb did not specialize in distributing IEDs. Readers can learn more about that story in The Quadrangle’s upcoming Special Edition paper, “The Culturally Insensitive Issue.”
The anarchist himself, as seen in all his angstyglory on the left. HIS MOM’S HOUSE / COURTESY
violent enough anymore,” said O’Donnell in an interview with the Quadrangle. “So I made an executive decision as head of this school to plunge the student body into all-out civil war in the way I knew best: memes.” Many students were shocked at this revelation, especially given that manhattancollegedankmemes published a meme in which O’Donnell was compared to Senator Bernie Sanders. But O’Donnell said it was all a part of his lesser-known but equally important “Other Master Plan”. “Oh, it was all to diffuse suspicion,” O’Donnell said, cackling intermittently and petting a white Persian cat. “No one suspected me because I memed myself. But then again, who doesn’t want to be compared to Bernie Sanders?” One person who did suspect O’Donnell’s involvement was his personal assistant, who
could hear the president blasting Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” at top volume during all hours of the day. “He told me that he was working on his fourth doctorate, but it all seemed very suspicious to me,” she said. “Everyone knows when you hear that song, you just have to sing and dance along.” She also recalled multiple instances of walking in on the president lipsyncing Smash Mouth’s “AllStar” while the song played in the background. The impact of the success of both accounts are being seen in all corners of the campus. Andrew Weingarten, Director of Residence Life, provided some insight on how the school was affected in an unexpected way. “Due to their success, we will be adding a seventh Common Interest Community: Meme Culture,” Weingarten said. “Anyone with proficiency in meme literacy is encouraged
to apply for our new community, which will be located in the mail center of Horan Hall.” Weingarten then remembered his true role as the Director of Residence Life and altered his response to “the residence life office did not respond for comment.” No headway has been made on the administrator of MC’s other famous unofficial Instagram account, mc_squirrels. But O’Donnell may have provided some unsolicited pointers as to whom his partner in crime is. “No one can say for sure. I have absolutely no information regarding that,” O’Donnell said, shifting uncomfortably in his seat and intermittently glancing at the life-sized portrait of Steve Masiello hanging in his office.
One Act Festival Exclusively Performs Vines Brick A. Leg
Assistant to the Regional Manager The Black Box theater in Thomas Hall was packed with Vine enthusiasts on a wonderful Friday night. Manhattan College’s Players put on a festival where they solely performed iconic Vines. Vines are the six second videos on the social media platform that unfortunately got shut down on Jan. 17, 2017. Some say the world was never the same after that day. Luckily, Vine compilations can be found all over YouTube, so they will never truly die. The performance was directed by six members of Players, who all took their creative talents to the max. The show started out with one of the most well-known Vines, “Stop! I could’ve dropped my croissant!” After that, the show just kept getting better and better. The performers each took turns to perform a short Vine, and then the next performer would hop on stage and perform another one, but they would collaborate if the Vine required more than one person. The performers were incredibly dedicated to making their acting as authentic as possible, and use props to give the audience a better experience, almost as if they were in the Vine themselves. In addition to that, some Vines required background music, which was well-timed with the performers. Famous Viners like Cody Ko (suh dude), Evan Breen
(Uncle Kracker), Josh Kennedy (What up I’m Jared), and Adam Perkins (ADAM!) were some of the main inspirations behind the performances. The audience was loving every second of the festival. The performers even encouraged the audience to participate if they knew the Vines. Some audience favorites were “Miss Keisha, MISS KEISHA,” “And they were roommates,” “Hurricane Katrina, more like hurricane tortilla,” “Thought you were bae, turns out you were just fam,” “Zach, stop,” “Can I get a waffle? Can I PLEASE get a waffle?” and much, much more. The festival lasted for an hour with a short intermission where audience members were encouraged to go up on stage and perform whatever Vines they wanted. The performers were able to fit a lot of Vines in because they’re so short, so it was fast-paced entertainment that the audience had to keep up with. Towards the end of the show, the six performers took some liberties and asked for suggestions, which they would enthusiastically execute perfectly. Normally, the audience knows that they should be quiet during these types of performances, but the energy and mood of the setting for this show was incredibly laid-back, relaxed and fun. One of the directors, Holden Caulfield, a senior marketing major, discussed the successful night. “I think that this was probably one of our best shows yet in the history of MC. We chose
a really great theme because who doesn’t know Vine? I think that our performances were on point, and it was just really emotional for me. We need to keep the spirit of Vine alive, and I miss watching those videos. They would just brighten up my day” he said. Two of the audience members were very happy to be there. Anna Karenina, a junior who majors in international studies, and Jean Valjean, a sophomore environmental science major explained their motivations for going. “I just saw the poster for tonight, and knew I had to make the show. I loved Vine. It saved me from depression honestly, and seeing it reenacted tonight was amazing” Valjean said. “I really liked how they encouraged us to participate. Usually we just sit in silence, but I’m glad they got us up and out of ous seats. I wouldn’t have wanted to spend my Friday night anywhere else,” Karenina said. The night was wrapped up with a final rendition of “Come and get y’all juice,” as per requested. The performers, after a couple of encores, had to say that they were done for the night. But have hope, they may do something like this again. “Yeah based on tonight, we might hold another performance like this one. It was super popular, and people just connect with Vine on a personal level. And Vine can never die so. Be on the lookout for another show!” Caulfield said.
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Springfest Cancelled Due to Beautiful Soul or McCartney’s Foot Fetish Rock and Roll?: Confusion Surrounds McCartney Springfest Gotu Church Praying for you
After a screenshot of a 2014 tweet posted by Jesse McCartney reading, “Foot Fetish Friday….@EvaLongoria , that woman’s feet are sexy!” began to circulate online, the Office of Student Engagement announced that Jesse McCartney will no longer be headlining Springfest this April. “Due to a recent resurfacing of foot fetish related social media posts, Jesse McCartney will no longer be performing at Springfest this year. Foot fetishes are simply not compatible with our Lasallian core values,” John Bennett, director of student engagement, said. While the decision came only a month before Springfest, student engagement has already replaced McCartney with another act. “We are excited to announce that Thomas O’Malley will be replacing Jesse McCartney as the headliner for Springfest 2018,” Student Engagement tweeted. Students had mixed reactions to the sudden change. “I completely agree that Jesse McCartney should be replaced with Thomas O’Malley, I mean, we’re talking about our school’s morality here, this is no time for joking around,” said sophomore Mary Proper.
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Circa 2014. JESSE’S TWITTER SADLY / COURTESY “I can’t believe that Jesse McCartney’s performance was cancelled over his foot fetish, I mean who among us hasn’t found toes to be sexy from time to time?” said freshman Phil Angie. “I loved Jesse McCartney growing up, and I never stopped to think that all that time I was singing along to ‘Beautiful Soul’ I was really singing about the sole of a woman’s foot. It’s just heartbreaking,” said junior Natalie Anderson. Many students wondered what exactly O’Malley will do for his performance that could
measure up to their expectation of McCartney’s 2004 hit “Beautiful Soul.” “I am happy to say that Thomas O’Malley will, in fact, be performing the entire soundtrack to Disney’s ‘The Aristocats,’ including the hit song ‘Thomas O’Malley Cat’ at this year’s Springfest,” Bennett said. “‘The Aristocats’ is like my favorite movie ever, so I’m super excited to hear the soundtrack performed live. I don’t even care about feet,” said senior Eva Gabor.
Top 10 Pep Band Insults of the 2017-2018 Basketball Season (In No Discernable Order)
1. “Number 16 doesn’t use their turn signal when they merge lanes on the Major Deegan during morning rush hours!” 2. “Number 4 uses his Ancestry.com results to continuously remind everyone that he’s one-sixteenth Indigenous Australian!” 3. “Number 8 wants us to stop talking but little does he know that our cheers can be as long as we want them to because this is America and freedom of speech is still one of our God-given amendments!” 4. “Number 10 didn’t know that Megan Fox played the character “Carla” in the 2004 comedy film ‘Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen!’” 5. “Number 2 still uses his ex-girlfriend’s Netflix account even though they broke up three years ago!” 6. “Our Pep Band Director Made Us Change the This Insult so We Wouldn’t Get Yelled at by Mad Parents.” 7. “Number 72 thinks the first ten digits of pi are three point one four one five nine two six five nine eight when they’re really three point one four one five nine two six five three five but that fact that he even had them memorized that far proves he’s a nerd!” 8. “Number 90’s favorite Disney Channel spin-off was ‘Cory in the House!’” 9. “Number 34 can’t get his head in the game because his heart’s in the song!” 10. “Number 68 is upset that he’s one digit off THAT number!”
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As most of Manhattan College knows, the dashing Jesse McCartney is set to headline Springfest this April. Though many millennials see Jesse McCartney as their first love and are belligerently excited to finally be in his presence 13 years after “Beautiful Soul” came out, many professors and parents are confused as to whom this young fellow is. “I heard that the McCartney fellow was coming, I just assumed it was Paul McCartney, so I got excited,” said Professor Missy Frizzle, Ph.D. “I wore my T-shirt from his ‘89 tour to sleep that night.” This professor was confused when she heard that this ‘McCartney fellow’ was, indeed, Jesse McCartney. “I remembered hearing about him some time ago. My students were always talking about him on the bus when we were going on one of our field trips,” Frizzle added. Mike Stanley is a senior music major who has been deeply inspired by Jesse since he was a child. “I told my mom that Jesse McCartney was coming to my school. She corrected his first name to ‘Paul’ and I explained to her that it isn’t Paul, it’s Jesse,” Stanley said. Stanley’s mother was disgruntled and a bit baffled at his remark. “I explained to her that he sang ‘Beautiful Soul’ and that one song from the last ‘Halloweentown’ movie, as well that he was featured on ‘Hannah Montana’ and ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” said Stanley. Stanley then explained that his mother seemed angry and was “unfamiliar with ‘The Hannah and Cody and Zack Show.” When we asked around campus, the reaction from most students was generally the same; they thought it would be cool to see a 2000s icon perform on their very own Quad. However, most people over the age of 35 were not as pleased. “At first, I thought it was Paul McCartney’s son or nephew or something, so I thought he may have adopted some of his style,” said Professor Ted Mosby, Ph.D. Upon finding out that the two talents had nothing to do with one another, Mosby was unamused.
“I don’t understand kids these days, with their Jesse McCartney and their reality television and their fidget spinners. I really don’t,” he added, “we need to bring back Paul McCartney and ‘Full House.” When informed that there was a “Full House” spin-off called “Fuller House,” Mosby scoffed and remarked that he bets this “Jesse man” is involved with it. Due to the tension between generations, Jesse McCartney’s performance is expected to be highly controversial. Many professors and other employees have begun a petition to have Paul McCartney perform in the younger McCartney’s place. “I think the professors on campus can agree that we deserve fitting entertainment as well,” said Professor Ross Geller, Ph.D. “Springfest always seems student-centered and we are a part of the Manhattan College community too,” Geller added. Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya De La Rosa Ramirez, a junior luggage mobility major, is concerned about the uprising. “If I see Paul on the Quad instead of Jesse, there’s going to be about FourFiveSeconds until I drop out,” said Julio Ricardo Montoya De La Rosa Ramirez. Although students were not originally concerned about the backlash from older generations on campus, the petition is rapidly approaching enough signatures to be approved. “We’re so close,” said Geller, adding that they’ve brought the Beatle Beta Beta organization onto campus to help influence the final decision. The student retaliation for this action was to bring Beta Beautiful Sigma Soul onto campus, thus pulling them ahead again. “Having support from Jesse fans all over the word has really helped our chances,” said Julio Ricardo Montoya De La Rosa Ramirez, “especially since we know how to use social media to our advantage and a lot of people from Paul’s generation don’t.” The final outcome of who will perform at Manhattan College’s Springfest 2018 hangs in the balance of a few voices who will carry many other voices with theirs if they see their McCartney of choice in front of Smith auditorium this spring.
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Manhattan Makes Money Locke’s Loft to Become 24-Hour Moves: A New Alma Tater Tot Stop Mater for the College Spuddy Holly Tot Enthusiat
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There have been been many stars who have hailed from the Bronx, Jennifer Lopez, Regis Philbin and Alfonso Ribeiro to name a few. But no star has shone brighter for Manhattan College than the Bronx’s very own, Cardi B. With her rise to fame, the Bronx local has already made a huge impact on the community, and has altered the course of history for the college. To honor Cardi B and her music, members of the administration have recently moved to change the alma mater of the College to her Billboard topping hit, Bodak Yellow, replacing the treasured song of the Jaspers, O Shining Star Manhattan. This change was considered after students were found “moshing” to the chart topping
song on the Quad throughout the fall semester. Professors and other faculty of the college noticed the student’ strong dedication to the song, and a particular anthem like quality for the students. Dr. Neil Boss, professor of psychology at Manhattan College stated, “The students seemed very drawn to this Cardi B, even if they didn’t really like her song. They just seemed to like that something successful came from the same place they come from too. They found an identity in Bodak Yellow, knowing that Cardi has perhaps walked the very same streets they have.” Students agree that they have found some identity in Bodak Yellow, and can relate to the struggles and successes that Cardi B raps about in her song. “For example, the lyrics ‘Look, I don’t dance now I make money moves. Say I don’t gotta
dance, I make money move’ really speaks to me. She never stops her grind to the top and that really speaks to me,” said Mary Gallagher, a sophomore here at MC. President O’Donnell is honored to have such an inspiring song as the new anthem of the college. It was a rejuvenating change, and has put Manhattan ahead of its other competitors in terms of drawing students in to the school. “We want our students to know that we’re hip here at Manhattan. We appreciate the drive that Cardi B has and only wish the same for our students. This anthem, Bodak Yellow, is fresh and young. As they say, out with the old and in with the new. It’s a change for the better,” said O’Donnell. Cardi B declined the offer to be the Springfest artist, and will likely never step foot on the college campus.
Locke’s Loft will be going the way of Dante’s Den this summer. That’s right folks-Locke’s is making the transition to becoming a full-service, high-end, 24-hour tater tot restaurant. “We debuted the tots earlier this academic year, and the students liked them,” Gourmet Dining Resident Director Brian Weinstein said. “It was the first time that had happened in more than 67.2 Scaramuccis.” Weinstein said the decision to switch was an easy one. The decision of what to name the new restaurant was not, however. “We were initially going to name it Locke’s Tots, but then we were considering Tot’s Loft,” Weinstein said. “But finally we settled on Tot’s Tots.” Potato future prices on Wall Street skyrocketed after the announcement. “It was the fastest com-
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modity price increase I’ve ever seen,” said Finance Professor Juan Percent, Ph.D. “Potatoes are basically Bitcoin now,” Percent added. The new restaurant will open in the fall..
Prime example of the preciousness of Tot’s Tots’ tots. TATE, TOT GODDESS / COURTESY
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Cheese Club Gets the “Okay” from John Bennett Finger lickin good! Wait that’s popeyes’ slogan A new club has entered Manhattan College’s long list of student activities. Introducing: the cheese club. “I don’t know how the paperwork got past me, but I guess I said it was okay at some point, so yes, they’re an official club,” said John Bennett, director of student development. The club, run by seniors Mickey Crouse and Jerry Thomas, will bring cheese to a whole new level, starting next Wednesday, April 3 in the Kelly Commons club room at 12 p.m. Their inspiration for this club has been a long-time coming. “It all started freshman year. We were scurrying around the activities fair on the quad and after not really finding anything we were particularly interested in, we said to one another, ‘cheese.’ The rest was history,” said Crouse. Each year, the two had held interest meetings for students to sign up for their club email list. There was minimal inter-
est every time, but eventually they reached a large enough amount of interested students to finally fill out the club paperwork in the fall of 2017. “The two gave a very compelling argument at the recent student government assembly meeting, along with handing out Babybel cheeses, cheese sticks and mozzarella balls. It was a unanimous vote to give them club status immediately,” said student body president Micaela Bishop. The club plans for the last few weeks of the semester to be a whirlwind of cheeses. But the one way they’ll be different from all of the other MC clubs is what stands out the most: the will refuse to use their budget on pizza. “Every club gets pizza. We’re getting cheese,” said Thomas. The club still bought pizza. The club also plans to get t-shirts from Parkview down on Broadway, which will say: “Sweet dreams are made of cheese. Who am I to dis a brie?” Although both Crouse and Thomas are graduating soon,
they already know who they will be tossing the cheese club baton over to (the baton, by the way, being made of actual cheese). “The next president of the cheese club will have to be our friend Remy. The dude is a cheese monster. The club is in good hands,” said Crouse. For those interested in joining the cheese club, email Crouse or Thomas at thebigcheese@manhattan.edu.
John Bennett allows the Cheese Club to become an official club at Manhattan College. CHEESEMAN IN PICTURE SHOWN ABOVE / COURTESY
Baked Apple Pi: New Sorority On Campus Sora A. Tee
Sisterhood for life A new sorority has joined the ranks of Manhattan College’s greek life. This new sisterhood joins Sigma Delta Tau, the only other sorority on campus. Baked Apple Pi, or BAπ, will be bringing the goods for their first semester on campus. Sororities don’t just appear out of thin air. They are typically started by active, empowered women who want to create a sisterhood of their own on a college campus. BAπ, however, has different roots: the Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation. That’s right, four different grandmas, missing the youthful embrace of womanhood, have decided to create a sorority on MC’s campus. The Methodist Home, located across the street from Jasper Hall, is close enough to the college’s land that they qualify as fully-registered undergraduate students. The founders of this new sorority, Gertrude Smith, Adelaide Courtney, Bertha Goodwin and Dorice Daugherty, are all around the young age of 80 years-old. “Those four have been rooming together since they were all dropped off at the Home six years ago. I’m surprised it took them this long to get into some trouble outside of our building,” said Methodist Home nurse Danielle Aldrin. BAπ was an idea from the mastermind of the group, Courtney. She had granddaughters in different sorori-
ties on their own college campuses and she yearned to be in something similar. “I’m certainly not getting any younger. So I contacted the Greek Council and told them my idea. They laughed at first, but I got all of the paperwork in order and now Baked Apple Pi will be coming to the Manhattan College campus,” said Courtney. Their first informational session, held in Kelly Commons 4B, garnered a lot of response, both positive and negative. “I think people showed up thinking we were going to offer them actual pie, but that’s not until they rush. So I think they were disappointed,” said Smith, who will be serving as the inaugural chair of recruitment. Smith, who used to work as a saleswoman for Betty Crocker, knows all the tools of the trade. Soon enough, their recruitment season was underway. The four woman reserved Jasper Lounge this past Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. On the reason for such an early time, Goodwin responded, “4:30 p.m. is when our pilates class is and if we’re late, all the good yoga blocks will be gone.” The turnout for their first night of recruitment, with a 90’s theme, was a great one. Girls interested in joining the newest sorority on campus came out in droves. Daugherty, dressed in an outfit straight out of Golden Girls, gave informational pamphlets as students came in to mingle and try to get a bid.
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Aren’t you hungry? I made this pie just for you. You’re skinny as a toothpick! THE METHODIST HOME ACROSS FROM JASPER HALL / COURTESY “We’re looking for girls who are young at heart, can dance without breaking a hip and actually do enjoy baking apple pies,” said Daugherty. By the end of the early evening and as girls left, nurses from the Methodist Home came to retrieve the four ladies. On their walk back over, they discussed different prospects. “No, I didn’t like her. She was yelling at me as if one of my hearing aids was out of batteries. I mean, it was. But I could’ve heard it just fine if she was standing on my other side,” said Smith, who will serve as the chapter’s president. By the end of this week, the founders of Baked Apple Pi will have picked their inaugural rush class. They plan for each class to be named after a pie. “So this first class will be the apples,” said Goodwin.
As the years go on, they hope to see the growth of the sorority with both MC students and members from the Meth-
odist Home across the street. After all, they’re a couple of grandmas, wanting to revisit the time of their youth.
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Manhattan Movie Wins Best Picture Ima Winna
Not a Real Student but whatevs The 90th Academy Awards was hosted on March 4 at which “The Shape Of Water” was announced the winner of the prestigious award, Best Picture; however, it has come to light that the results were rigged and the award was presented to the wrong picture. The picture that actually won the award receiving over 6,000 votes with a unanimous result was “Manhattan Movie: A Manhattan College Story,” a 2017 film used by Manhattan College as a marketing and advertising tool. The film, though on the voting ballot, was removed from the public announcement of nominees and someone hacked into the computer system and changed the votes. While there was time between the public announcement and the award show, no one came forward about the now missing nominee because they did not want to give away their identity as a voter nor did they want to give away what they voted for. The Academy Awards Board of Governors is being investigated for not looking into the nominee changes and voting changes sooner. President John Bailey said, “While we feel incredibly guilty about what has happened, at least it has come to light. There are a lot of areas and things about the Academy Awards we have to oversee, so this slip was a challenge. We are now investigating any other awards the film - which I have to admit is a visionary masterpiece - may have been nominated for and won.” Current suspects being investigated for having hacked into the system include Guillermo del Toro, Gary Oldman, and Meryl Streep, but most of the suspects have been kept anonymous. The film is an interactive art piece which allows the viewer to be introduced to complex, endearing and relatable characters and follow their stories as they work through the challenges a regular day presents them with. The added graphics of texts and social media posts popping up really allow the viewer to be immersed in the characters world. After the introductory film, the other clips follow the characters the viewer has met and read about. Eric’s story follows him around campus, where he bumps into person after person who needs his help; everfriendly and ever-giving, Eric continually offers it. James is a tour guide, so the viewer follows him as he tries to engage prospective students into their future, while reflecting on his past experiences. Amanda is an
engineering student and an RA who though struggling on her own with a challenge, collaborates with a resident to help her and finds that through helping the resident, she finds the solution she needed. Mike, the missing best friend, is on his way home from studying abroad. While we see his journey back to campus, we learn more about the greater and more profound journey he has experienced. Sarah is an environmentally conscious amateur journalist who is looking for the perfect story to cover for The Quadrangle, the student newspaper. As she talks to people across campus, she meets new students who she connects with in a meaningful way. Some critics have considered this film and it’s forms of media to be ahead of its time. Beneshmeahr Cumberglitchka, the actor who played Eric, who the film identifies as an education major, always on the go and a Jaspers super fan, was shocked to learn this news. “Being part of this film was one of the best experiences of my life; I don’t think I’ve ever been part of such an emotionally complex and taxing film before,” said Cumberglitchka,
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“When we were supposedly not nominated, I was utterly devastated, but now that the truth is coming to light, I am so happy to know that this film got the recognition it deserved.” The other actors were unavailable for comment because they are all working on new artistic projects; their managers have all released statements on the actors’ behalves that expressed similar sentiments that Cumberglitchka has in his quote above. Manhattan College’s President, Brennan O’Donnell and Vice President for Enrollment Management, William Bisset, have both expressed that the college is expecting an influx of applications and expect the film to impact many other aspects of campus life. The acceptance
These obviously professional bunch of actors totally did a whole lot better than Lady Bird or Three Billboards, because they are just that good at acting. Do you need anymore proof? Don’t think so. THESE ARE NOT THE WINNERS FROM THE 2016 ACADEMY AWARDS... / PHOTOSHOP COURTESY rate is expected to go down from 75 percent to 23 percent. The work on south campus is being expedited to accommodate the new, larger class coming in the fall of 2018. Bisset declined to comment about the film. Upon going to his office at 3pm in the afternoon to reach him again, he was found on his 13th cup of coffee reading through his 1,000th application for the day, angrily yelling for the student employees to bring more files to him. O’Donnell, was thrilled when the film came out but had no clue what kind of social impact the film would grow to have. “When we set out to make this film, we really just wanted to create something that showed off our wonderful college, that was visually appealing and that just really could resonate with anyone. I am very satisfied with the way it came out and the art that we have contributed to the film scene,” said O’Donnell. O’Donnell continued. “We at Manhattan College are very glad to have contributed such an important work to the film scene and while I am thrilled about the news of it’s win, that’s not what it’s about for us. We want the other filmmakers to know that we love and respect all the powerful art they’re creating and that we, just like them, make art for the sake of making art,” said O’Donnell. The award winning film is available for viewing on manhattan.edu/movie.
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We’re Nuts About Squirrels VOICES ON THE QUAD Kevin Hayden Tree
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“It is absolutely essential to note that the ethical consumption of goods is not possible under late-stage capitalism. The bourgeoisie will continue to take advantage of the proletariat in an unethical way. Our country’s only hope is to abolish capitalism in a full-fledged communist revolution.”
“Manhattan College is excited to announce that I will be teaching a new religion course titled The Ethics of Squirrel-ology. This was by popular demand of the students, but I don’t quite understand how. After all, it’s not like they have anything of merit to say!” Gavin Trash can outside Miguel Hall
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“I must say, I am not the biggest fan of the Instagram accounts that feature us. They are setting unachievable standards and unrealistic expectations for us. None of us look like the squirrels that appear on that page and it’s really damaging to our selfesteem.”
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Jacob Squirrelology Major “I decided to major in squirrelology because it is an important topic in today’s society. Squirrels are everywhere in popular culture, so I wanted to study something relevant and topical. Am I disappointing my parents? Of course I am.”
Louis Air vent in Horan Hall “Look, I think that college students are saddled with insurmountable loans because it will distract them from changing the world. Students can change the world, and they should, but unfortunately life gets in the way. Therefore, the corporations win again and the youth of our nation is paying the price.”
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The Greatest “Fecal Fenomenon”: Olympic Poop Dodging on Waldo Ave. Alotta Dung
Ashitton Correpoopdent Dog poop dodging is back and fresher than ever! The beloved Olympic sport has returned to Manhattan College just in time for the first few weeks of spring and this year with a little twist. First included in Olympic program history in 2015, the sport has blossomed into the most popular and only springtime sport. Often played by individuals, it is also widespread among duos and groups. The goal of the game is to dodge dog poop intermittently covering the sidewalk, usually on Waldo Ave in Riverdale, NY. Points are awarded for style of dodge and dodge risk. Styles of dodge include jumps, skips, hops, side steps, tiptoes, spins, and jukes. Dodge risk includes an assessment of how close one can get to the poop without actually touching it. More points are awarded to those who come closer to the poop but obviously do not touch it. Typically played in between classes, some games are also
held in the morning and in the evening. These games are typically much harder and require a higher level of skill, since there is more poop to be dodged. Many students are excited for the annual poop dodging Olympics, and some even look forward to the event, making large signs that read, “Don’t curb your dog,” indicating that people should let their dogs poop freely. “Watching dogs leave real big ones on the sidewalk on my way to Jasper Deli for iced coffee in the morning really makes my whole day,” said Felix Cited. “It’s just a great feeling when you see it, and you know the poop dodging athletes are in for a real treat.” The dog poop dodging has become such a widespread event, that in preparation for it, many stores in the neighboring area will not sell dog waste bags. This leads many to wonder how the businesses could possibly stay afloat. One business owner says, “Poop dodging season is one of our favorite times of year! We have great business selling lots of wet and dry food mixes.
How to Get to a MC Baseball Home Game Hey...It’s Your Uber Driver Here...Am Outside Not Lyft
The Manhattan College baseball team’s home field is located in Dutchess County. The stadium, in the town of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., is an hour and a half away from the MC campus. Fifteen out of nearly 60 games this season will actually be played in Dutchess Stadium. Do you have the baseball spirit and you want the Jaspers to hear it? Follow these instructions on how to get to a home game.
1. Say a prayer to the baseball gods and maybe, JUST MAYBE, they’ll allow you to go. If they do, they’ll send you a sign in the form of a baseball movie coming on at 6 p.m. on Freeform. 2. Pack up your bags with extra snacks, because the journey there is a long and treacherous one, through the inner depths of Westchester County. You might not make it out alive.
3. Click your heels three times and say “there’s no place like home”, ala Dorothy, and if the great and powerful Oz is willing to do it, he will send you to home plate and you won’t have to pay any tolls. 4. When you try your best and you don’t succeed, zip yourself up in one of the player’s bags and hope that they think they just packed their heavy bats this game. Bring an oxygen pack so the bus fumes don’t actually kill you. 5. Sell your soul to the voodoo guy (you know the one) and he’ll teach you how to fly. You’ll make it there in no time and you’ll be first in line for all of the concessions. If all else fails, you can call an Uber.
Some of our best customers include a labrador retriever named Seymour and a corgi named Butts.” Yet no one is as excited as the poop dodging student athletes who live on campus. These athletes go through rigorous training throughout the year. “One of our practices include dodging old gum stains on sidewalks,” said Percy Veer. “Usually that’s a bit harder since it’s a lot smaller, but it helps with precision when you’re making the risk assessment for how close you can get to poop without stepping on it.” This Olympic season is harder than most though, as the fourth nor’easter the empire state has seen this month has managed to hide some of the poop, presenting a challenge for even the most skilled dung-dodging medalists. Coach Evan Elplus reflects back on his poop dodging days and says, “The poop dodging athletes these days have it easy. Back in my day, poops were acquired from different sources... if you know what I mean, and then shoveled to the sidewalk
Fresh new poop on da Waldo Ave, letting the dodging begin! DOG NO. 2 / COURTESY of choice.” Regardless, poop dodging is a delicate skill and the athletes are looking in top shape for this year’s poop. Some poop dodging athletes plan to win big at this year’s Olympic dodging and hope to win the coveted poop shaped trophy. However, the most important thing to students on cam-
pus is not the trophies, but the sense of family. “I think poop dodging is a really great event and brings the community together,” said Pat Mebutt. There’s nothing like seeing friends participate in a great American sport that hones in on the real skills people need in life.”
Golf Team Competes at Randall’s Island Park Miniature Golf Course
Charles Seward, pictured above, is a golf prodigy on the putt-putt course. HIS NUMBER ONE FAN IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE / COURTESY
Lion Woods
Not Related to Tiger Woods In an opportunity to practice for the upcoming MAAC tournament, the Manhattan College golf team participated in an invitational held this weekend at local putt-putt course, Randall’s Island Park. The Jaspers went head-tohead with local rivalries Kingsbridge and Horace Mann. The Jaspers placed second out of the three teams, losing to Horace Mann. In response to the team’s performance, head coach Frank Darby said, “It was a tough one, but the guys showed off their skills. Randall’s Island is an interesting course but I think with some more practice we can come back and win big time.”
The day started off with a cloudy overcast, but the sun began to shine as the teams took to the course. Sophomore Preston Shortell, the youngest member of the golf team, was skeptic about the choice in course. “I don’t really know why we played at a miniature golf course like Randall’s Island. Personally, I like the indoor kind with the blacklight and neon balls. That’s my kind of party,” said Shortell. At the beginning of the tournament, Kingsbridge was favored to win the whole thing, but things took a turn in the Jaspers favor when 15-year-old player Joshua Ryan broke his putter over his knee in anger after his ball jumped off the base of the windmill obstacle. Senior Charles Seward had the best score of the day, in-
cluding his ball getting in the 19th hole, winning him a coupon to a local ice cream eatery and a free game the next time he returns to the course. “It was a good day at Randall’s Island. I think we can definitely beat the Horace Mann kids next year. I thought the pirate ship hole was the biggest challenge for every team, but the Jaspers really excelled at the giant pig-wearing-a-tuxedo hole,” said Seward. He continued. “We had the lead at that point, but those Horace Mann kids really knew what they were doing at the waterfall hole and I think that’s when they got the best of us.” The team will continue to play their hearts out at miniature and regular-sized golf courses, leading up to the MAAC tournament in April.
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Quidditch Is Back and Better Than Ever
The Quidditch pitch is set up in Gaelic Park. Students should be aware of their surroundings and flying brooms. COLIN CREEVEY / THE TRIANGLE
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You’re a wizard Harry Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, Manhattan College offered Quidditch as an intramural. After you pick your jaw up off the ground, it is the pleasure of The Triangle to announced the return of Quidditch to the intramural line-up. Only this time, there’s an interesting twist. Ryan Corbett, the recreational coordinator of student engagement, was cleaning out a back closet when he found an old trunk of Quidditch equip-
ment. Behind the trunk was a bundle of old brooms. “I swore I saw them move, but I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. I decided to drag this stuff down to my student referees who were waiting for me at Gaelic [Park]. When I opened them, they did move and shot in the sky,” said Corbett. Picking up what was going on, the student referees stood over the brooms with their hands outstretched and ordered the brooms into their grasp with a simple command: “up.” Soon enough, the student
referees were flying around Gaelic Park on their magic brooms. “[Flying on a broom] is even better than I’d ever imagined,” said sophomore Rolanda Hooch, who got the hang of flying much faster than the other students. Corbett and his team quickly sent out emails to the student body through the IMLeagues account. Sign-ups for the Quidditch teams went fast. “It was the fastest sign-up period I’ve ever had. Students probably notice I send out a lot of reminders, but we are fully booked at this point so
there’s no need. But I still have people emailing me to sign-up and I have to turn them away! There’s only so many flying brooms,” said Corbett. Meanwhile, down at Gaelic Park, there have been Quidditch posts built into the field, although this makes athletic facility staff very annoyed. “The poles for Quidditch are like thirty-feet tall! This is not what I signed up for,” said Cormacc McLaggen. But overall, the high-flying intramural is bringing in numbers Corbett has never seen before. There are talks of turning Quidditch into a Division 1 sport, which would make it the
Rowing Teams Race on Completely Frozen Lake Notta Notherstorm Snowday Errday
The amount of snow and the variety of cold temperatures in March has made spring rowing season anything but pleasant so far, but New York’s fourth nor’easter took things to a whole new level. Right before the annual “Aren’t You Glad It’s Spring” regatta, the Long Island lake where the race was going to take place on, had frozen over. However, determined Jaspers knew that the show must go on. Nine local colleges planned on having their men’s and women’s rowing teams race each other and nothing was going to stop them. “It was kind of a unanimous decision actually,” said junior Cole Derr on the decision to show up to the race despite the weather. “Both the men’s and women’s teams have put in so
much practice that we didn’t want a little cold weather to stop us.” The teams were set to take the waters at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday Mar. 22. By then they expected the snow to be gone and the waters to be fine. However, they encountered quite the opposite. “Frozen! The entire lake was frozen,” said freshman Desba Leaf. “I could not believe my eyes that 10 million snowflakes could freeze over the lake as we fell asleep the night before.” The rules of rowing indicate that regardless of weather, if at least one team shows up to a regatta, they win each and every event. Unfortunately for the Manhattan Jaspers, their crosstown rivals, the Iona Gaels, also showed up to the regatta. The coaches of both teams planned to flip a coin to see who would take first place and
second place in each event, but senior Pat Shonette persuaded her coach not to let the Gaels get off that easily. “Just the thought of losing to Iona due to a coin flip really irked me,” said Shonette. “I already lost time from attending my favorite Wednesday class due to all the snowstorms we’ve gotten. The last thing I needed was to lose a coin flip to Iona.” Her suggestion was to race on the frozen ice. Iona declined to do so and thus eliminated themselves as long as the Jaspers could actually start and finish the races on the ice. “To be completely honest, I had no clue how we were going to do it,” said Shonette. “It’s kind of something I said in the heat of the moment due to frustration with this weather.” It took 11 hours and 24 minutes for all the boats to finish their respective races, but they all succeeded in the end and
took home first place. “You see the word ‘Uncommon’ plastered around Manhattan College to describe many things,” said Derr. “I want them to include a sign that reads ‘Uncommon Rowing’ after what we did on Thursday.
20th team on the athletic roster. “If students are getting this into the sport, I couldn’t imagine why athletics wouldn’t want to bring it on as their next team. This could be bigger than basketball,” said Corbett. The next day, head coach of men’s basketball, Steve Masiello, was seen creating a bonfire out of seemingly broom-like twigs and sticks. More on this story as it develops.
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PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE V.P. Jaycie Cooper and Jara Giner
B.E.S.T. of the Bronx (B.E.S.T.)
Alexander Constantine and Mary Himmelberg Jasper Shore: The Lasallian Experience (J.S.)
Liam Moran and Samantha Wilson Jasper Student Union (J.S.U.)
V.P. FOR CLUB ADMINISTRATION Haley Nightingale B.E.S.T. Sarah Stone J.S. Barrett C. Cortellesi J.S.U. V.P. FOR FINANCE Ryan Kwiecinski B.E.S.T. Stephen Zubrycky J.S. Peter Halliday J.S.U. V.P. FOR RESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS Isabel Quinones B.E.S.T. Gianna Pavone J.S.
ALEX CONSTANTINE JAYCIE COOPER JASPER SHORE: THE LASALLIAN EXPERIENCE
B.E.S.T. OF THE BRONX
LIAM MORAN JASPER STUDENT UNION
V.P. FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Kerry Cavanagh B.E.S.T. Faith LaRock J.S. V.P. FOR SOCIAL LIFE
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Editor-in-Chief & Asst. Editor The annual student government campaign season is underway. For the next week, students should expect to see three major parties running for the student body executive board, up until online elections on Tuesday, March 27 and Wednesday, March 28. The three parties, B.E.S.T of the Bronx, The Jasper Shore: The Lasallian Experience and the Jasper Student Union, are led by presidential candidates Jaycie Cooper, Alex Constantine and Liam Moran, respectively. Cooper is running with Jara Giner as her executive vice president, while Constantine has selected MaryKate Himmelberg and Moran has selected Samantha Wilson. The entirety of each party can be seen on the chart on the right of the front page. The campaign season is held in the months of March and April of the spring semester every year. The winning members will hold their positions from the following fall semester until the next spring semester, when the cycle starts over again.
In order to be eligible to run for student government, interested students were required to fill out an application and obtain 50 signatures from Manhattan College students. Applications were due Thursday, March 22, a day later than planned, due to the snow day on Wednesday. Once deemed eligible by Student Engagement, the teams will participate in a public debate, held Monday, March 26 in Locke’s Loft from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Candidates will yield questions from the student body during the lunch hour. The three students are running on separate platforms, each with their own ideas of making the college better for the student body and leaving their legacy on student government as a whole. The idea of running for this position became clear to junior biology major Constantine, after serving as freshman and sophomore class representatives. Last year, he ran as executive vice president with candidate LisaMarie Nilaj on the “Campus That Never Sleeps” ticket. This year, he wants to take what he learned from running and use it to his advantage when getting his word across. “I wanted to run again be-
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cause I wanted to be able to implement printers in dorm halls. I wanted to expand commuter space. Not only me, my entire party-- we all share the same goals. We want to find some space that we can claim as a commuter lounge, somewhere on campus that can assimilate them with the residents. We also want to revamp the common rooms in the dorm halls. That entails putting kitchen supplies, dish soap, paper towels in these places so people can use these common rooms,” said Constantine. On the opposing side, junior government and public relations major Cooper has many ideas of her own. Her focus lies on the idea of connectivity on campus between departments, clubs and offices while being an unbiased representative. “This school has changed who I am upon entering. I got involved, I want to say the end of my freshman year, and I have been evolving into the student I am ever since. I am actively in a bunch of different clubs, and I see issues on campus that I think I could fix and also I think I could be a good representa__________________________
Casey Monroe B.E.S.T. Michelle Lapreay J.S V.P. FOR COMMUNICATION Jack Melanson B.E.S.T. Mike Hackett J.S. V.P. FOR COMMUTER AFFAIRS Anna Rosario B.E.S.T. Camila Nicasio J.S. Rabea Ali J.S.U. SENIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT Anthony DePinho Independent Timothy Gress Independent JUNIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT Elect two
Christine Scerbo Independent Donovan Reilly Independent Christopher Freund Independent Joseph Holzman Independent SOPHOMORE CLASS VICE PRESIDENT Jack Kornutik Independent Uncontested
COMMUTER REPRESENTATIVE Nicole Diaz Independent Uncontested
SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS REPRESENTATIVE Julius Benecz Independent Uncontested
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Okee, or hello. Our names are Samantha Walla and Alexa Schmidt, and we spent our spring break in Browning, Montana on a L.O.V.E. trip. We had to give up our phones for a week and not have contact with anyone back home, which raised a little alarm in the mom department. Plus, the motto was “Participate, don’t anticipate,” so we weren’t exactly sure what we were going to do there. But, the late grilled cheese nights, the weekly preparation meetings and the time commitment turned out to be entirely worth it. In Montana, we stayed on the Blackfeet reservation where we got to experience the culture and meet some incredible people. The Blackfeet community is deeply rooted in its history, language and culture. The Lasallian Outreach Volunteer Experience, or L.O.V.E, as its more commonly referred to on campus, runs out of the Social Action Suite in Kelly Commons. At any point during the week, you’ll find groups of 10 to 12 students gathering to prepare for their trips that occur during school breaks. The motto, “Participate, don’t anticipate,” encourages participants to embrace the unfamiliar and engage without bias. For this reason, we will not focus on what we did on the Blackfeet Reservation, but what we took away from our trip. L.O.V.E. trips are usually associated with service, but participants make the distinction between immersion and service. An immersion trip is a chance for students to experience another culture and have the opportunity to leave an impact on a different community. Our group that visited Browning, Montana was the smallest of the four other groups to travel during this spring break. Also a destination for Lasallian Volunteers, a post-graduate program, the Blackfeet Reservation only has one volunteer placed for the 2017-2018 year. The unpopu-
The L.O.V.E. Montana trip travels to the Blackfeet Reservation every spring break during the spring semester. L.O.V.E. Montana / COURTESY larity of this location speaks to the lack of awareness that most Americans have regarding Native life. When answering inquiries about our plans for spring break, we were met with many confused questions, such as “Why Montana?” and “What exactly are you going to do there?” By being attendees of a private college in New York City, we forget that there are places in America that are struggling. Reservations are pieces of land the government forced Native American tribes to live on after claiming Native land as their own. The Blackfeet Reservation originally had 125 million acres of land. Now, they only have 1.5 million acres. Ever since the conception of these reservations, the U.S. government has ignored the rights of Native people as American citizens. The statistically higher rates of alcoholism, suicide and illiteracy stem from years of systematic ignorance by the U.S. government and are not recognized even today. Our purpose in sharing our experience is not to spark guilt or pity, but to motivate others to educate themselves on the origins of privilege and how it affects different people. While preparing for our trip, we viewed Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story.” The
talk emphasized the consequences of overgeneralization when regarding the unfamiliar, especially when it comes to marginalized communities. The most important thing we learned in Browning is that the Blackfeet community is more than their circumstances. They consider everyone family and love and happiness are the most celebrated qualities of life. Despite the misconceptions often portrayed in the media that Natives are brooding and full of resentment, Native American life is beautiful. When returning from an alternative spring break, everyone expects you to say that you’ve been humbled and made your mark on the world, but the reality is not so simple. You will not learn everything about the Blackfeet community from this 700 word op-ed, but our hope is that you step away from the business of everyday life, and experience something outside of your comfort zone. The immersion program also has a motto, o ki ni soo ka wa, which translates roughly to “come and see.” The Blackfeet community welcomed our interest and respect of their culture and hopes that more people immerse themselves in cultures that are not their own. We hope that you consider going on a L.O.V.E. trip to experience the unknown.
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What Baseball Means to Manhattan College Charlies Lippolis Senior Writer
Baseball is a game deeply ingrained in the identity of Manhattan College. Brother Jasper of Mary F.S.C., the same man who would become the inspiration for the school’s nickname, founded the college’s baseball team late in the 19th century. He would wear many hats during his time at Manhattan. Starting as the head of resident students in 1861, Brother Jasper would also become the prefect of discipline, the school’s first athletic director, the founder of the baseball team, and the advisor of many clubs involving music, literature and arts of the like. Of his accomplishments, none has become more publicized than his involvement with the founding of baseball’s “seventh inning stretch”; a tradition Brother Jasper founded on a humid day when he decided to call timeout and have his team stretch halfway through the seventh inning in order to cut tension in the team’s tight matchup with a semi-pro team called the Metropolitans. The point I’m aiming at is to reveal the genuine and romantic relationship Manhattan College shares with America’s Pastime. A relationship, though, that has lost its flare in recent years.
At the turn of the millennium, the Jaspers became a near-perennial contender in the MAAC conference. They captured their first MAAC championship in 2006 and would go on to win back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012. What was beautiful about these championship campaigns was their physical link to Manhattan College, specifically Van Cortlandt Park. The historic New York City public park had been home for Manhattan College baseball for four decades before their move ahead of the 2015 season. Known as “VCP” in the Jasper vernacular, the park has accumulated the reputation overtime for being undermanaged, but tough and charismatic in its own right. That sentiment rubbed off on the players who competed there and brought excitement to the fans who attended. When the team moved 60 miles north to Dutchess County Stadium in 2015, that sentiment began to fade. I want to be clear in stating that this is no indictment on Manhattan College, who have been transparent in their financial shortcomings to continue hosting the school’s team. I also want to be clear in stating this is no indictment on the players, men who I have the utmost respect for, and have been nothing but gracious to me as both a friend and teammate.
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What I long for is to see the potential energy that a successful Manhattan College baseball team unleashed for the students and community to relish in. At the time of writing this, the team is off to a 10-10 start so far this season, and will have finished up their first conference series as they attempt to sweep St. Peters Sunday afternoon. Fabian Peña is one of the
best catchers in the country and has the type of talent that the school can rally around. Joe Jacques is as tough as they come when on the mound and is on a mission to turn his Cinderella walk-on story into a shot with a Major League Baseball farm system come early June. Basketball season is a beautiful time of the year because it brings our school together in ways that few other on-campus
activities do. While baseball may not be close to home right now, 2018 might just be the year they win back the heart of Manhattan College.
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Manhattan College’s Fourth Annual Take Back the Night RikkiLynn Shields & Deirdre Ledley Editor & Staff Writer
According to RAINN, every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. Every eight minutes, that victim is a child. Meanwhile, only six out of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison. On Thursday, March 22 in Smith Auditorium, Manhattan College held a fourth annual Take Back The Night event. TBTN is an international event and a non-profit organization whose mission is to completely end any and all forms of sexual, relationship and domestic violence. Annually, there are hundreds of TBTN events held in over 30 countries. Thanks to Dr. Roksana Badruddoja of the sociology department, Manhattan College has the ability to host one of these important and impactful annual events. The Take Back The Night committee consists of Brittney Vargas, Eva Pugliese, Ray Stanton, Kayli McTague, David Caiafa and Jordan Pascoe, Ph.D., the committee’s faculty advisor for this past year. “I first got involved when I took my roots sociology class with Dr. Badruddoja. Her class made me realize the alarming prevalence of sexual violence that occurs everyday and the ways in which society perpetuates sexual assault. I love being on the committee because the people I get to work with are so passionate about the cause. Everyone puts their all in putting the event together and I think it’s because we all really care about this issue and are willing to do anything we can to raise awareness for the issue and show support to survivors,” Pugliese said. While all of the members of the committee found themselves joining the committee for a variety of reasons, each of the member’s underlying motive inspires them to help promote such an important cause on our campus. Ray Stanton, a senior communication major got involved with TBTN three years ago. Like Pugliese, this was after taking a class with Dr. Baddrudoja. “I got involved by taking a class with Dr. Baddrudoja and she asked me if I would be interested in being involved in planning TBTN. Being on the committee has been very fun and exciting. It’s my third year doing it, and I’ve had a great time working with all different kinds of people and seeing new people wanting to get involved. I think Thursday night went well– I don’t think as many
people showed up compared to years before, but we had some amazing speakers and great people show up to support our movement,” Stanton said. Thursday’s event consisted of a variety of speakers, all touching on different parts of the same cause. The first speaker, Jennifer Neal Clark, an adjunct professor of law at Manhattan College and director at Safe Horizon’s in the Bronx, spoke on the legalities of sexual assault. Clark went into detail defining and describing the Title IX Law, which, according to Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, states “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Under Title IX, the majority of personnel on a college campus are responsible for disclosing your information and reporting it, even if it is told to them in what the victim would claim is confidentiality. According to Title IX, this is in order to uphold Title IX and provide safety for the campus as a whole. Clark expressed the importance of knowing which channels to seek help from. Clark also discussed the importance of evidence in a sexual assault case, and while she described most victims initial reaction to an assault– wanting to shower, dispose of your clothes, and be done with it. She also expressed the importance of keeping all evidence of abuse because the power is in the victims hands. Clark continued to touch upon the differences between reporting a sexual assault case in a criminal court versus a family court. Following Clark’s words, Tiffany French, Assistant Dean of Students and a trainer for the Green Dot Program spoke. According to the Manhattan College website, “Green Dot is a violence prevention program that focuses on making our campus safer by empowering bystanders to become active members in reducing power-based personal violence (sexual assault, partner violence and stalking).” While resident assistants and other personnel on the Manhattan College campus are required to get Green Dot training, French informed the audience that anyone can become Green Dot certified. If an entire class is interested, a professor can work the training into their syllabus. The program can also organize this training to fit anyone’s schedule. With over 1,000 people
The board of Take Back the Night planned the entire event throughout the school year. They are pictured here with guest speaker Kelly Tsai. TAKE BACK THE NIGHT / COURTESY trained already through the Green Dot Program at Manhattan College, the effort to end power-based personal violence puts Manhattan College above the national average of bystander intervention according to the Manhattan College Climate Survey. Anyone can get involved with Green Dot, and all it takes is a simple email of interest. The next speaker following French was Robert Rivera, who is not only a psychology professor at Manhattan College but also the Assistant Director of the Counseling Center. Rivera has been working at the counseling center for a year and informed students that the counseling center is a place for them to feel safe and that everything is kept confidential. Prior to the keynote speaker, Dr. Jordan Pascoe, TBTN faculty advisor thanked everyone for coming, and thanked the committee for all of their help organizing the event. Kelly Tsai, the keynote speaker of the evening is a spoken-word poet from Illinois who shared her experience with sexual assault and what she is doing to support the movement. Throughout her talk, Tsai shared a number of her original spoken-word poems, regarding topics ranging from sexual assault to a world run by her. “People go through things and don’t know they have the right to be mad,” Tsai said.
Tsai’s ability to share her intimate, personal experience with a room full of strangers was powerful, according to Pugliese. “I think our event went really great and I think it’s getting better every year. I love how much support everyone has for one another regarding this cause and I think the event really helps to make people realize that there’s others around them that have been through the same thing, and it makes them see that they’re not alone nor do they need to feel shame about seeking support or help,” Pugliese said. The audience of TBTN was full of a variety of students, and while the majority were women, the significance of the men in the room who were either there to support survivors, share their experience, or simply be an ally was also powerful.For some students it was their first time attending Take Back The Night. “Thursday was my first TBTN. I went because I thought I owed it to those whom the issue of sexual violence affect. Not going when I had the opportunity to would’ve meant, to me at least, being somewhat complicit in this violence,” said Lucas DeBono, a senior. He continued. “I think the event went very well. Learning more about the issue was of course helpful, but the ethos of solidarity and compassion affected me in a
way I’m not sure I know how to put to words yet. Seeing faces I see all the time step forward during the vigil showed me just how serious this violence is, and just how important acting toward the issue is. When you act, you aren’t just acting for some abstract cause; you’re literally standing with people you know, maybe even intimately.” For others, this was not their first time in attendance. “This was my second Take Back the Night and I went in support of my friend Britney Vargas who is part of the committee, but also because I had a really great time last year and I think spreading awareness about sexual assault is always an important issue even if the conversation makes us uncomfortable,” said Cheyenne Ubiera, a junior. “I think Thursday’s event went even better this time around especially when Kelly Tsai was performing her poetry; it had so much raw emotion that I couldn’t stop myself from tearing up a bit.” Take Back The Night gives a voice to those who feel voiceless and provides a great feeling of comfort amongst all, both victims and allys. Manhattan College’s fourth annual Take Back The Night was a step towards ending widespread sexual violence.
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Suit Up in Style:
College Offers Suits For Students to Borrow Abby Crowell
Distribution Manager The Center for Career Development, located in Thomas Suite 3.30, offers a Suit Up closet which provides Manhattan College students with professional clothes that they can borrow for events such as an interview or career fair. Carol McTiernan is an MC alumna who has held a position at MC for the last twelve years. Now, she works as office manager at the Center for Career Development and plays an important role in Suit Up. In 2012, McTiernan, along with a previous director, acknowledged that some students either forgot, or did not possess professional work suits. To avoid this issue, the two started asking for donations and placed bins around campus to collect clothing items. The organization continues to gather clothes from dona-
tions, however, they now utilize leftover money from the career development budget to buy new suits for students. Other than their own budget, the program is also cosponsored by the Alumni Relations Office and the Green Club. The Suit Up closet has been put to good use as at least 50 students a year utilize it, with projected growth for the future. There were not as many female clothing donations as there were male donations, but the organization is working on expanding the options for women on campus. Recently, Suit Up has purchased clothing from Ann Taylor for the women’s collection. Suit Up also recently expanded size options for women as they now carry sizes 2-18. The clothing consist of blazers, slacks and skirts. The men’s closet includes numerous sizes of a variety of
pants, suits and a plethora of ties. McTiernan is passionate about helping the students find the right fit. “I have two sons so I’m able to figure out the sizes especially easily for the men. It makes my day when students are able to walk out with an outfit they like and are comfortable in,” said McTiernan. Undergraduate as well as graduate students are eligible to borrow. To borrow a suit or any piece of professional clothing, students need to follow simple steps. On the career center’s website, there is an option to borrow a suit. A request form must be completed and is sent to the center. After submitting the form, students can search in the men or women’s closets, which consists of new and used clothing. If students have a last min-
Students can visit the Career Pathways page on Inside Manhattan to borrow a suit. SUIT UP! / COURTESY ute job interview or class presentation, they are still encouraged to used Suit up. “Students should request professional clothing at least a week prior, however, we can accomodate last minute situations, we are flexible with the process,” said McTiernan. It is asked that students only borrow the suits for a up to ten days. Students must get the borrowed clothing dry cleaned and brought back to the center with a receipt of proof. Donations are welcomed
year round. During this past spring break, McTiernan sent an email out to staff and faculty asking for donations, but students can also donate. If students have any questions, they can email careerdevelopment@manhattan.edu. McTiernan encourages students to stop by and check out the available clothing, “if you look good, you’ll feel good,” says McTiernan.
Student Government Campaign Season Underway __________________________ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tive; I’m unbiased and I want to represent the student body,” said Cooper. Lastly, junior government and philosophy major Moran has been a part of student government since his freshman year as well. He thinks the Bishop administration has done a good job this year and wants to continue what they have done, while adding what he sees fit to change. “Through my experience in student government, I began to see how many issues students face. I particularly felt the need to get more involved. I think the Bishop administration has done a wonderful job tackling a lot of issues and I think we can continue that going forward, specifically with quality of issues. So that includes dorms, range of problems from maintenance. It’s making sure that the student’s voices matter and they’re actually being heard,” said Moran. It is custom of student government parties to come up with fun, creative names to gain the attention of students while campaigning around campus. This year’s groups are no different. Jasper Shore stemmed from the comeback of the popular MTV show, Jersey Shore. It’s not a coincidence that some of the members of the party also live in that area.
“Jersey Shore is coming back and we have two people in our party from that area and at first it was a joke, but then we thought ‘oh that’s pretty good.’ [...] [Jasper Shore: The Lasallian Experience] came from Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, it’s like a play on that,” said Constantine. The B.E.S.T. of the Bronx has a deeper meaning than what it appears. The acronym for B.E.S.T. actually highlights each major point of the party’s values. “B is ‘Bridging the Gap,’ which means bridging the gap between students, which means residents and off-campus commuters, it means bridging the gap between athletes and nonathletes, it means bridging the gap between students and faculty, students and administration, students and public safety [...] E is ‘Educational Success,’ we have a few ideas, the level of what we can implement is questionable [...] but as of right now we really want to make campus resources for educational success more accessible to students, we really want to promote that to students, make students feel comfortable going to these resource centers, that they don’t feel that they’re behind because they are seeking out help [...],” said Cooper. She continued. “S is ‘Sustainability on Campus,’ so we really want to work on being mindful of garbage consumption, we want to be
more mindful of recycling on campus, we really want to promote fair trade practices. The T is ‘Together by Association.’ So this is one of the Lasallian values. Together by Association basically means we, not just me, it means working as a team, working together, work-
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ing in fellowship [...] The more relationships we can build on campus with other organizations, other students, we’ll get more done working together instead of alone. So that’s kind of our platform as of now.” Jasper Student Union, on the other hand, did not use an acronym. Rather, they used three simple words to drive their point home. “We figured we want something that would bring our mission home. Jasper, our community. Student, being the voice of that community and the focus is on that community and union because we want to have not
only a unified voice but also a union-like approach so we can tackle the issues efficiently and effectively,” said Moran. Overall, each student has a strong platform in which they will use to run on and get students to be on their side. Constantine’s platform is all about a collaborative group of students coming together to service the greater population of the Manhattan College campus, all while keeping it light and fun. “I just want to say on record that I will not transfer if a squirrel becomes the new mascot,” said Constantine, referencing a Voices on the Quad from issue 6, in which he said he would do just that. “I will stay a loyal president and me and my party will try to help the student body as the Jasper Shore.” Cooper’s platform is an extension of her and her party’s own personalities: striving for connection with students and ending the segregation between specific organizations on campus. “I think I have a really open mind, I don’t think I have all the answers. I’m supposed to be representing the students so I’m not gonna micromanage at all. As I said, I wanna reach out to as many students as possible, If I’m just keeping issues between our e-board then nothing that is really an issue is gonna get done, so that means I’m really gonna make an effort to go to each of the club meetings,
see what clubs I’m not associated with, what their needs are, see what students needs are,” said Cooper. Moran was able to lay out his three tenets in a concise manner. He is able to handle and understand what student government needs due to his involvement with the group. “My platform is based around what I consider three tenets. Quality of life, making sure that students in their dorming life and commuting life are heard. Whether it be issues of Horan’s elevators or issues of dorm maintenance. Transparency within the government, both with its budgets and what it’s doing. As a member of student government I don’t feel we’ve done enough to reach out to our constituents. I think that biggest issues that we have right now so I’m hoping on addressing that more. And the third tenet being financial reform and making sure that things were done properly. Both in this past administration and other past administrations and for the future,” said Moran. Students are encouraged to attend the debate, along with reaching out to the candidates to learn about their platforms before making their decision on who will be running student government come next fall. The voting period starts on Tuesday, March 27 and ends the following day. For more election coverage, continue following The Quadrangle.
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STD Testing Offered on the Manhattan College Campus RikkiLynn Shields & Deirdre Ledley Editor & Staff Writer
Attending any college or university across the nation comes with a new age of freedom. With this freedom comes meeting new people and having new experiences. Often, these experiences and explorations include dating, alcohol consumption and even drug usage. When combined, these experiences can often lead to unprotected sex and sexually transmitted diseases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, students, ages 15-24 makeup a fourth of the sexually active population. With that said, they represent half of the annual STD cases in the United States. On top of that, only 52 percent of students use condoms during sexual intercourse. This means getting an education the hard way, by contracting STDs at twice the rate of all other age groups. This trend, however, occurs for a number of reasons, including pressure in the hookup culture, forgoing the use of condoms due to females believing oral contraceptives protect from disease, a lack of communication and education, being under the influence, etc. While STD testing is of-
fered on most major college and university campuses in the health centers, STD testing is a very serious and somewhat intimidating conversation to have, especially on a college campus. Students at Manhattan College are able to use a plethora of free resources offered on campus, such as the counseling center and health services. One of the many services the health center offers is STD testing. The nurse practitioner on Manhattan College’s campus, Amy Dall, came forward with a statement to the Quad on March 20 regarding the services at the Health Center. “Health Services strives to offer full comprehensive services for all health related conditions. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) counseling, screening, testing and treatment are offered to all students seeking care and also offered to any student who may be found at risk that present for other reasons. These tests are confidential, we can not release any information to anyone unless we receive written permission from the student and in New York State, this includes anyone under the age of 18.” The statement continued. “There are certain diseases that are reported to New York State Department of Health as required by state law. We can not control what information the laboratory will send to
your primary insurance holder, in many cases this is your parents. If concerns over testing through insurance are voiced, we also offer referrals and resources for free testing in the NYC area through the department of health.” Compared to other schools in the surrounding area, Manhattan College’s health services web page lacks a lot of information. New York University’s website states that their health services offers students just about anything and everything from STD testing, to getting a prescription for glasses or contacts. While NYU does have a lot of information on their website, it is a very different school than MC. Fordham University also has a page on sexually transmitted infection testing and notes that it is free for most students. If the student fails to have insurance, they pay a small price and will still be accepted and cared for. On the Manhattan College website, it states that health services offers students that need “Diagnosis and treatment of minor or acute illnesses” as well as “Diagnostic testing: lab screenings, cultures and blood work - billed to students’ health insurance.” However, it does not specifically state that Manhattan College health services offers students STD testing.
“Our website includes a general heading for services, one category listed is “diagnostic testing, lab screening, culture’s and blood work.” This general statement is utilized because we offer a full range of testing, i.e. Mono, anemia, infections, hepatitis, HIV, STDs, kidney infections, basically for almost any condition and the list is extensive. “We are continually striving to improve our services and communication with the students, our website is always a work in process,” Dall said. While Manhattan College does offer confidential STD tests to students, most students on campus are unaware that STD tests, and many other services are offered right here on campus. Senior Phoebe Torsilieri has attended Manhattan College since her freshman year and claims that she was unaware that Manhattan offered STD testing. “I’m really impressed with Manhattan College. I think it’s really important for educational institutions to provide free STD testing to their students. Regardless of our college’s religious affiliation, we as students deserve resources like this to keep us safe. I just wish the student body was more informed of this. I didn’t know the school offered this service until right now,” said Torsilieri. Sophomore Chris Nuzzo
heard of the college offering STD testing prior to the interview and believes that it is important that more students be made aware of this service. “I knew the school offered STD testing, and I think it’s something that more students should know is offered on campus because, being that we’re in an age of technology and hook-up culture where a lot of people are having unsolicited sex with one another, people need to be tested for STDs/ STIs way more often. It’s great that our school offers this, especially for those who might not otherwise be able to get tested with fear of their parents finding out,” Nuzzo said. As college students transition to adulthood and get used to the newfound freedom that comes along with the college experience, it is a student’s right to be made aware of what the college has to offer, specifically in the realm of healthcare.
Appealing Parking Citations Moves Online Catherine Goodyear Editor
Attending college in New York City means limited parking space. Anyone who drives around campus is familiar with parking tickets, but many don’t know that appeals can be filed online. Angelica Martinez, Operations Manager for Public Safety, and Alireza Razavi, graduate assistant for Public Safety, worked on creating an easy to follow online form to submit an appeal for a citation received on campus as an alternative to submitting a form in person. “The problem with the previous form was that people could only submit it when we were open so 9:00am-4:30pm. If you are an evening student or an online student and you are here for administrative purposes where you are not here often, it is not really convenient for you to come in and submit an appeal,” said Martinez. Creating this form not only allows more flexibility for students but also eases the jobs for the staff in Public Safety while leaving less room for error. Every paper citation is reviewed
by the assistant director of public safety before being submitted for a secondary review process. “There was all of this paper that would have to be processed three or four times as opposed to online where we have one spreadsheet with everyone’s information. Now only one sheet gets passed around and a lot of the things we used to have to do manually now gets done through an automated process. It’s better for us because we can track where everyone is in the process,” said Martinez. Students who have received a parking ticket in the past, such as junior John Stefanou, agree that having this online system addresses the needs of all students who cannot make it to campus during traditional class hours. “I got a ticket for parking in a spot that prevented one of the trucks from loading. If I had a choice between going in person doing it online, I would rather appeal a ticket online. It’s easier for me,” said Stefanou. Parking tickets are given out by public safety officers. There are three public safety
shifts that rotate on campus. Each shift included a few officers who are assigned to patrol parking. These officers walk the lots and make sure people are parking correctly, violators are given a citation. If one receives a citation, the student can visit the Manhattan College website under parking and click the “resolve a parking citation” link. This is the first step in appealing. The form takes about five to ten minutes to complete. “We also have a secondary form that highlights the citation and where you can find everything because people want to know what’s the citation number and where to find it so if you have the citation with you and you are looking at that paper it will actually show you where everything is so it makes it a lot easier to complete this form. This usually takes about five minutes, ten if you are trying to think of a reason to appeal but that might be the longest thing on here,” said Martinez. One of the most common reasons students and faculty receive parking tickets is due to a lack of valid permit in an unauthorized parking area. Public
Safety reviewed their data from the fiscal year, June to July, and as of July 1st, 92 percent of the citations issued (2096 citations) were given because of this issue. The highest ticketed area on campus is continually Draddy Gymnasium with 405 citations since July. The second most ticketed area is the MC parking garage and outside of Leo Hall (250 each). Junior Gina DiMauro received one of these tickets in the spring of 2017. “Appealing my parking ticket was a hassle,” she said. “ I got the parking ticket because I had an expired permit. I was in a car accident and was unable to drive the car that was under the correct permit sticker to park as a commuter.” Dimauro continued to explain her unfortunate situation. “ I had a temporary permit for a different car and it expired so I recieved a ticket. I guess they gave me a harder time with the ticket because I had an expired permit but at the same time I had already paid in full for my parking permit for the whole year.” DiMauro’s biggest issue was the timing of a mandatory
appointment. “The only issue I had and was upset about was when I had to talk to student engagement. It had to be at 9:30 [p.m.]. [I’m a commuter] so having to stay longer at school [was troublesome] because I had to stay at school much longer than planned. I wish I could have appealed mine online, but I couldn’t do that at the time. I think that is really useful and a step in the right direction to understand where commuters are coming from,” said DiMauro. Having a faster way to appeal tickets is important because students can now avoid late fees which occur 20 days after receiving the ticket. Holds are also placed on student’s accounts for late payments. Students also have the opportunity to a secondary appeal through student court if their original appeal was denied.
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Manhattan College Surveys Students About Sexual Assault Climate On Campus Shannon Gleba Editor
On March 16, all Manhattan College students received an email announcing the 2018 Sexual Assault Climate Survey which would be available to fill out starting March 19, and ending on April 29. Assistant Vice President for Human Resources and Title IX, Vicki Cowan, sent the email to inform the students about the survey. New York Education Law Article 129-B, also commonly known as Enough Is Enough, requires that institutions of higher education ask their students how they feel about the climate around sexual assault on campus. Manhattan College started sending out a survey regarding this issue one year before the law went into effect. For the last three years, Manhattan College conducts its survey through an outside company, the Higher Education Data Consortium. The survey has provided Manhattan with a way to asses the resources it offers its students and to hear from students what resources they feel are missing. “There have been changes [because of past survey results]. Students have basically said ‘we need more resources’ and that the resources on campus aren’t enough,” said Cowan. As a result of student responses, MC has partnered with Columbia- Presbyterian’s DOVE (Domestic & Other Violence Emergencies) Program which is a sexual assault response team, the Bronx District Attorney’s office which helped with this year’s Resident Assistant training. The governor’s office provided institutions of higher education funds to provide free sexual assault and harassment training and the NCAA has recently implemented new rules regarding the issue. Despite all the resources that MC has recently developed, the accessibility of the resources does not change how challenging it can be for students to come forward and use them. “I don’t think all students [feel safe coming forward], some do. It’s a personal thing that you have to deal with and you have to come forward and talk to people that basically look like your parents and you’re telling them something very personal and traumatic that happened to you. That’s not easy for students,” said Cowan. Continuing, Cowan said, “If we can, we need to provide them with enough resources
that they have multiple options and there has to be counseling - our counseling center is great, there’s more people there now, this DOVE program has an MSW that will come to campus. It’s not easy for students, sexual assault is not easy.” In addition, The Manhattan College Community Standards and Student Code of Conduct encourages students to speak up about sexual misconduct, in order for the College to be able to properly discipline offenders. The Manhattan College Community Standards and Student Code of Conduct states: “While the College is committed to increasing everyone’s level of understanding and sensitivity to appropriate conduct, where conduct does not comply with the standards set by the College, prompt corrective action will be taken. But the college can only do its job if it knows of alleged harassment and discrimination. An appropriate College official must be advised of unwelcome conduct so that the College can act to protect the members of the community.” Even though there is the law requiring schools to create the survey and the positive changes it has inspired, it is often hard to get students to complete the survey. Cowan said, “It’s hard because it’s usually done in the spring semester and by then, students are tired. They don’t want to do anymore surveys, seniors are looking at graduation, they’re looking at spring. It’s hard to try and get students to participate in the survey. They’re trying to get their grades up, They’re doing everything but it’s really important because it gives them an opportunity to say exactly how they feel.” The data HEDC provides backs up Cowan’s claim. The survey has been out since March 19 and MC is only at a 6 percent participation rate; compared to other schools similar to Manhattan, MC falls in last place in participation percentages. According to Cowan, data has shown that participation has been on the decline in the past few years but she thinks that social interest in the issue is higher now, citing the #MeToo movement as a source of social interest. Other data the survey shows is the discrepancy between male and female students’ responses and understandings of the sexual assault climate on campus. “In the survey, there was clearly a big difference between the way women felt about it and men felt about it,” said Cowan,
Important offices, hours and phone numbers students should know. SEXUAL ASSAULT CLIMATE SURVEY / COURTESY “Men felt like ‘oh it’s not really a problem but the women were definitive like ‘yes this is a problem’ and you can see that specifically from the survey.” Regardless of the gendered differences, student responses gave staff an understanding of how programs on campus were or weren’t working. “Students really like the green dot program and think that there should be more programs like that or that we should continue with the green dot bystander intervention program They also feel that there should be more training for staff, administrators and faculty, which we’re trying to do. Online training is not enough. There needs to be face-to-face training with the online training,” said Cowan. Cowan has been reaching out to faculty, staff, administrators and student leaders asking for their help to encourage students to take the survey. “I went to the commuter breakfast and I talked about this survey; if I get three or four students who would normally delete the email we sent out then that’s good. I reached out to faculty members, to the deans. There are more people I have to reach out to still,” said Cowan. Cowan also reached out to the Resident Assistants, the LGBTQ+ club, those in attendance at Take Back The Night, and those in attendance at the second annual women’s conference. “I think we have to do a better job of offering different things that are going to motivate students to stop and pay attention. That is up to us,” said
Cowan. Cowan feels there is still room for improvement in student involvement. Cowan said, “My goal for next year is to try to start earlier and instead of using this poster and maybe have students - we have a lot of creative students - create the poster and then that way, we get them engaged. Then it’s not just ‘another survey we have to take’ but then it’s a contest and we have the students create the poster and they’re part of it.” Cowan continued. “However you can get students engaged is what we need to do. It’s not a one thing fits all. We have to be creative, think out of the box. And if you can’t think out of the box, then we have to get students more involved to help with that kind of thinking.” Resident Assistants Erin Plitt and Roi Mase, who is the president of the LGBTQ+ club, organized an event for residents to learn more information about the survey and its purpose. Plitt hopes to inspire residents to complete the survey and encourages them to take the topic seriously. “As an RA I am a leader for my residents, when I take something like sexual assault seriously my residents are likely to follow. It is so important that we establish a community on campus that does not tolerate sexual assault and domestic violence,” said Plitt. “As a woman who has a floor consisting of mostly females residents I want nothing but the best for them and I would feel I am doing all my residents a great injustice if I did not educate on sexual as-
sault.” While Plitt understands how difficult it may be for students to come forward with information about sexual assault, she offers residents the possibility of reaching out to different resources, including a Resident Assistant. “There are so many resources on and off campus if you are struggling or watching someone you care about struggle with sexual assault or domestic violence. It can be so hard to come forward with your story but know that your RA will always listen,” said Plitt. “Even if you do not feel comfortable telling an RA the whole story they can point you in the direction of help. You are never to blame for sexual assault or domestic violence and, though it may not always feel that way, there is a huge support system here on campus that will help at any time of the day or night.” What Cowan wants students to take away from their participation in the survey is that their responses do matter and that their voices will be heard. “I just want to encourage students to actually take the time to take the survey because it’s important. Even if you’re graduating this year, you’re a senior and you’re mind is not really on taking a survey, do it to help the students that are still going to be here. The reason the flier says ‘your voice matters, knowledge is power, make a difference’ is because students can make a difference,” said Cowan.
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MC Students Join Millions in Worldwide “March for Our Lives” Rose Brennan Editor
In 846 marches worldwide, millions of people took to the streets demanding an end to gun violence in the first March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 24. This movement gained major traction in wake of a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where Nicholas Cruz shot and killed 17 of his classmates on Feb. 14, 2018. Following the shooting, many of the students in the school became public faces for anti-gun violence activism and organized several acts of civil disobedience, including walkouts, rallies and now the March for Our Lives. Though the main event took place in Washington, D.C., “sibling marches” were held across the world, and several Manhattan College students took to the streets of New York City’s March for Our Lives. The trip to the march was organized by juniors Roman Doumbia and Sydney Kukoda, who are resident assistants in Horan and Lee Hall, respectively. Both Kukoda and Doumbia
have a history of political activism at the college, having organized an event similar to this one for the anniversary of the Women’s March together earlier this semester. “We decided to run another march event because the women’s march event because the women’s march was not only successful but inspiring. It was amazing to see so many people so excited and eager to be a part of a movement that demanded change,” Doumbia said. “We feel that it’s very important for college students to be informed and involved in the issues that are plaguing our society.” Student activism has always been pivotal in passing meaningful legislation in America. Particularly during the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement during the 1960s and 1970s, students were largely responsible for forming activist groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and staging walkouts, sit-ins and marches in order to end racial segregation, gain equal voting rights and end the Vietnam War into which they were drafted. Now history is repeating
The march began with a rally in which gun violence survivors and their familes made speeches and advocated for change in gun legislation. JOE LIGGIO / THE QUADRANGLE
The New York City event was one of the many “sibling marches” that took place around the country on Saturday, as the main event took place in Washington D.C. JOE LIGGIO / THE QUADRANGLE
20 Manhattan College students participated in the March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 25 as an part of anti-gun violence activism. JOE LIGGIO / THE QUADRANGLE itself with the students of our nation in the face of gun violence. “It’s easy to forget about the state of the world and how much we could actually do to change it,” Doumbia said. “But we have to remember that soon, we will be the ones running for office and setting the example for generations that come after us.” Sophomore Heyi Chang, who attended the march as part of Doumbia and Kukoda’s group, believes that student intervention is essential in political action. “We as youth are kind of marginally affected by this violence, and a lot of the shootings have been happening in the U.S. The youngest victims, back to Sandy Hook...they were really young kids,” said sophomore Heyi Chang, who attended the march in New York City. She continued. “It’s a responsibility I think that has kind of fallen on us, but we’re almost kind of the group of people who can really advocate for change. And I think that if it starts with youth, which is a really massive part of the individuals that are affected by gun violence in general, I think that it can definitely spread and make an impactful change.” Along with Kukoda and Doumbia, 18 MC students made their way to 72nd Street and Central Park West to participate in this historic march. The event began with a rally, in which gun violence survivors and their families gave speeches and pushed for meaningful change. Several of the speakers represented a wide range of major instances of gun violence in the United States, including a librarian from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,
Conn., a concert attendee from Las Vegas, Nev., and a student from Majory Stoneman Douglas High School. Sophomore international studies and communication major Donovan Reilly felt an obligation to attend the march and voice his support for victims of gun violence. “I feel like it’s kind of our responsibility to get the word out, because we are the current students and our lives are in jeopardy, ultimately,” Reilly said. “I just felt there was an obligation to do so after so many school shootings and nothing getting done.” He continued. “School shootings are a prevalent issue that we face and especially being in close proximity to New York City, [marching is] something that...we are obligated to do,” Reilly said. According to Doumbia, though gun violence has been in the news frequently over the past few years, it has always been a problem in America. “Gun violence has never been a new issue for me, and especially growing up in this country as a woman of color, gun violence is present not only within our community but through the lens of police brutality,” Doumbia said. “Sensible gun control laws aren’t difficult. They aren’t impossible to enforce. And now more than ever, it’s time that we demand them and refuse to back down until we get them.” Chang believes that several courses of action can be taken in order to prevent further instances of gun violence. “I think that there should be more background investigations for people who want to buy assault weapons. And I think that there definitely
should be some orientations on the type of assault weapons that you purchase,” she said. Reilly and Doumbia, however, believes that the problem is a systemic one which can be addressed at a voting booth. “Until people’s viewpoints have changed, I feel like there’s really nothing going to be done unless we show action and get the incompetent people out of office,” he said. “That’s when we can start regulating gun control. But as long as we’re showing our support for getting rid of it and advocating for our lives, I feel like that’s something we could do right now.” “While marching is wonderful and important, the most important way that students can get involved and politically active is to vote,” said Doumbia. “Get informed about the people who represent you in government. Learn their stances on the issues. If they aren’t representing your needs, vote them out and get someone who will.” The sentiment of the hundreds of thousands who marched today was epitomized by the Assata Shakur chant, which was shouted with fists in the air by speakers and protesters in one, unshakable voice: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom! It is our duty to win! We must love each other and support each other! We have nothing to lose but our chains!”
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Scatterbomb Hosts Third Annual Bit Show
Taylor Brethauer Editor-in-Chief
The improv comedy group Scatterbomb held their third annual bit show on Saturday evening, March 24 in Hayden 100. The team of students, who typically perform long-form improvisational comedy, took on the challenge of short-form improv and games. Students and alumni filled Hayden 100 quickly, leaving little to no seats left in the small theater. But before finding their seats, they were greeted with two hats and some instructions: on one slip of paper, write a type of film genre. On the other, write a common catchphrase. Later in the show, the Scatterbombers utilized these audience suggestions, much to the enjoyment of those in attendance. As 9 p.m. hit, Sean Feeley took the stage, dressed formally in a suit and grabbed the microphone off of the stage’s podium as he introduced each member of Scatterbomb and welcomed them to the stage. The first bit was called “stage fright.” The gist was simple: members Aeden Roney and Madison Blecki both created a slideshow presentation for the other. The catch was that neither of them knew what they would be presenting on until they were in front of the audience during the show. For Blecki, she stumbled her way through a powerpoint on the “hottest anime girls.” She attempted to translate Japanese characters and discussed her favorite anime films. For Roney, he presented on the topic “why steve buscemi is an absolute babe” and pointed out each of the actor’s stunning features. Next came the first bit using audience suggestions, with the game “catchphrases.” A few pairs went through this exercise, fitting ridiculous catchphrases out of their pockets as they went along with the improvisational scenes that Felley laid out before them. With Roney and Jackie Hanna, the two were on their way to a Home Depot to get supplies for Roney’s new gazebo, which his wife told him would be built in honor of “I bless the rains down in Africa.” The room exploded with laughter at the unexpected Toto reference. If there’s one thing that the bit show is known for, it’s the use of lighting. The team called their next bit “zoo crew” and turned off all of the lights. Using one simple spotlight, the team members would enter from either side of the stage, be given a random pairing of people and then would have to improvise one-liners from
the time the light turns on then quickly turns off. Hilarious pairs included “Zoey 101 and iCarly”, “Ned and Coconut Head from Ned’s Declassified”, “Mike Pence and a woman” and “Kevin Donald and Kevin Donald.” Another classic bit was the “backpacks” bit, where four members pack four backpacks with random junk. The person doesn’t know what they’re about to pull out and will have to go along with it in order to make the scene work. Angela Benevenia pulled out a giant ceramic rooster cookie jar, Erin McWilliams revealed to the crowd cleaning supplies, Feeley found in his bag a leftover cup from SmashBurger filled with random objects and Blecki had a tiny backpack overflowing with googly eyes, most of which were stuck to science goggles. Back to the audience suggestions, Feeley served as director of the next scene with RJ Aparri, Roney and McWilliams. The group performed a scene at a ski resort until Feeley called “cut.” He then told them to redo the scene, but this time, as written on the audience member’s slip of paper, an erotic film. They redid the scene with the same presence, but fitting it to the genre. Feeley called cut again and turned it into a horror movie. Finally, Feeley decided to let them perform the scene as a high school musical. Then, the lights turned out again and Donald and Aparri took to the floor. It was time for everyone’s favorite bit: shadow puppets. The very visual improv bit began at the original bit show, with Donald and Scatterbomb alum Will Lamparelli. The two lived together and one night they decided to mess around with shadows on the walls. The rest was history, as the bit is still a fan-favorite to this day. Nearing the end, Jenn Bueti and Donald took to the stage with cell phones in hand. They planned on doing improv in the most nostalgic way they knew how: prank phone calls. First, Donald tried calling the church of scientology but there was no answer. He then tried calling Domino’s Pizza, but they wouldn’t pick up either. Someone from the audience shouted out a friend’s parent’s number and Donald tried that. The man picked up and Donald told him he was calling from a Yonkers Clinic asking about a study of men’s wristsize. The man uttered nonsense and something about being retired as the audience stifled a laugh, trying to remain quiet for this unsuspecting man. “This is like scary [...] I
didn’t get you guys to sign any waivers,” said Donald to the crowd as more people yelled suggestions of people to call. Bueti tried her hand at prank calling, only to leave a message for a voicemail box that wasn’t set up. The pair ended on a high note, as Donald called Bueti’s sister, getting information from Bueti as he was on the line. He claimed he was a classmate in her psychology class and then she hung up. But the night didn’t end there. Feeley introduced the final bit as “jalapeno-prov”. As the scenes progressed, the team would have to eat spicy chicken wings or jalapeno slices. The group was reduced to tears in seconds and chugged milk to help them get through. A trash can was placed at the edge of the stage as a precaution. Struggling to maintain their composure, Scatterbomb called it quits with tears streaming down their faces from the spicy food. The crowd applauded as the bit night came to a close. As always, the members of the group lined the Hayden 100 hallway to chat to their friends and thank students for coming to the show. McWilliams was available to speak to The Quadrangle about her very first bit show as a member. “It was a little different going into it. Before it’s been a little more open in the sense of what we’re allowed to do. This one provided a little more a challenge to produce something funny within the limits of the games we played. But it helped to section it off into the little bits we did. I guess that’s why they call it a bit show,” said McWilliams. Picking a favorite bit of the night was a tough question, but she soon settled down on two. “My favorite bit of tonight, one that I was in that I person-
ally enjoyed was in that was the director’s cut in which we did the different scene changes because I liked the different perspectives that we can do on the same general format. But I have to say, the jalapeno-prov really stole the show. After that everyone was crying,” said McWilliams. Host Feeley also found enjoyment in all of the bits in general, since short-form improv is what he is familiar with before joining Scatterbomb. “Will [Lamparelli] was the host last time and I actually joined Scatterbomb as a shortform type improviser so I’ve done a lot of Whose Line [Is It Anyway?] games before and now it was like ‘anyone want to be a host? Oh! Sean can do it. He’s done the Whose Line games before.’ It was like a natural fit,” said Feeley. As for his favorite of the night, it seemed that he would have to pick all of them. “I really liked ‘stagefright’ because it was similar to Impractical Jokers. But I do have to say, Whose Line are my ab-
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solute favorite games to play. It’s funny regardless of how it goes and it was definitely toptier,” said Feeley. During the jalapeno-prov, Feeley had the honor of being the server and not having to eat a single bit of tear-inducing spicy food. However, it did put him in a dangerous predicament. “I am awful with spicy food or any type of hot food. Total lightweight. I am the mildest of mild salsa kind of guy. Not even a big scoop with those scoop chips, just like a dip and that’s okay. I’m like ‘that’s the amount of spice I need.’ So it was nice being the server for that. But I had the most dangerous job because I had placed myself between them and the trash can so that was one of the scariest moments of my life-- my life flashed before my eyes,” said Feeley. The next Scatterbomb show will be in Hayden 100 on Friday, April 13. For more information, the group encourages you to follow their new Instagram account: @scatterbombmc
Scatterbomb annually takes a break from their typical long form improv to perform various short form games, or “bits” for their audience. Above, Bueti and Donald prank call different numbers. Below, the team eats jalapenos while suffering through scenes. TAYLOR BRETHAUER / THE QUADRANGLE
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Manhattan College Players Perform Taylor Brethauer Editor-in-Chief
The Manhattan College Players put on yet another outstanding round of performances, this time at their annual One-Acts Festival on Friday, March 23 at 8:30 p.m. Six student directors put their skills to the test as they led their fellow student performers in hilarious and enlightening one-act plays. A one-act play festival is a time when student directors lead their fellow actors and actresses to create an impactful performance. For some, this was also the debut of a play written by a student. For the two-hour performance on Friday, a lot more time went into the festival than it may seem. The hard work, as it ended up, was justified and clear. Students lined the fifthfloor hallway of Thomas Hall as noise echoed out of the Black Box Theater, the homebase for all things Players. “The Box”, as many lovingly refer to it as, was tightly packed with friends and family to the point of standing room only. Players does not sell their tickets, however they do publicize a ticket reservation form on all of their social media platforms. The tickets for the festival went fast and were sold out before the performance. Soon enough, the doors closed and the crowd became hushed as the first play started. Actress Caroline Shea, with book in hand, sat at the simple table set in the middle of the open space, signaling the beginning of the first one-act. Sure Thing- dir. Gabby Kasper A simple bell played a large role in this first play. Everytime it chimed, the scene would start over, giving the characters a chance to understand one an-
Matthew Peters’ “Not So Seinfeld” rocked the audience with laughter and enjoyment. ROSE BRENNAN / THE QUADRANGLE other or fix their footing during this possibly romantic encounter. Bill (Joel Sanson) and Betty (Shea) gave a convincing performance and showed their acting chops when they had to jump from anger to despair in the matter of a second. It was as if life had given them a bottle of white-out. As the conversation moved on, it would hit bumps or hiccups, only to be saved by the incessant bell to start a chunk of the scene over again. The play seemed to be not only about love and getting together with a person, but also connecting with someone who may or may not be the right one for you. Mind Over Mouth- dir. Sam Corby A slightly longer piece, the audience is introduced to Nick Chiofalo after he bumps into a girl, Camryn Kidney, at a bar. But the two are not alone-- their consciences, dressed in all
black, share what is really going on in their minds. Chiofalo and Kidney’s minds are played by Jamie Iacono and Katharine Scheid, respectively. Several scene changes portray the evolution of this relationship, as they meet, go on a first date, talk about meeting Kidney’s parents, fight and eventually sort things out. A mixture of comedic bits while also deep questioning about what the other is thinking, this play, also written by director Sam Corby, brings on an interesting take on the classic boymeets-girl. In true Corby fashion, the set change between plays turned into witty banter with friend and colleague Matthew Peters. The two sat on the couch and chatted about Corby writing Mind Over Mouth and Peters also writing a play. “It’s called ‘Not So Seinfeld’,” said Peters, as if talking
Sam Corby’s “Mind Over Mouth” allowed the audience to understand the character’s perspectives.. ROSE BRENNAN / THE QUADRANGLE
only to Corby. “It’s about nothing.” Once the two decided to end their humorous improvisation, Peters addressed Alex Kelly, another student director and the MC Players’ producer, in the lighting booth, asking Kelly if he could turn on a specific theme song for him. Kelly went through a short sampling of familiar sitcom theme songs from Two and a Half Men, Happy Days and Friends (with clapping included). Peters was finally satisfied once the Seinfeld theme song came on and the play began. Not So Seinfeld- dir. Matthew Peters Peters never puts on a performance that disappoints and it is key to include Not So Seinfeld on this list. The actors went through the motions, chatting about dates and life issues like any other episode of Seinfeld. Michelle Lapreay joins Corby
and Peters as they launch into a discussion on Baby Driver and Kevin Spacey’s role in the film. Spacey, who was recently accused of sexual misconduct towards an underage actor, was a touchy subject for Lapreay’s recent date. This play was filled with slight references to the ‘90s sitcom, such as Peters offering his friends Junior Mints or the characters directly quoting from the show itself. Perhaps the funniest comparison was of Joe Weitekamp, who played an eccentric landlord similar to the character of Kramer. Corby is conflicted when Weitekamp seemingly dies after eating cheese Corby put rat poison on. With the added hilarious physical comedy of Corby and Peters frantically shoving furniture out of the way and tripping over chairs, Sam Cunningham’s disastrous doubledate with the friends and Weitekamp coming back to life and trying to shove a slice of pizza in Corby’s mouth, the crowd’s laughter was sure to have been heard all the way on the quad. What a way to end the play, too. Right before intermission, Lapreay asks Corby, “shouldn’t this play have ended on a happier note?” Corby responds, “you would’ve thought so.” The lights then abruptly dim to the sound of applause and laughter. The Chocolate Affair- dir. Peter Martino The festival started back up again with Shea returning to the stage, only to stuff her face with chocolate for the first few minutes. With her cheeks puffed up like chipmunks, Shea’s character Beverly was visited by a man in a bright yellow shirt and a red tie, who introduced himself as Mr. Goodbar (Iacono). If Mr. Goodbar was the angel on Beverly’s shoulder, then M&M (Erin Murphy) was certainly the devil. Beverly was caught be-
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tween the good of eating the chocolate, while M&M continuously brought up the fact that she must have lost a lot of weight and she was finally cracking. Beverly agreed with M&M, as she explained through an emotional monologue of what it’s like having lead a perfect life: cooking organic meals for her family, looking good for her husband and being a good role model for her daughter. But sitting around scattered wrappers after checking into a motel solely to eat candy, she realized the two omnipotent figures were trying to teach her a lesson. The play ends as she looks at a bar of Mr. Goodbar and a bag of M&M’s, unable to decide what to do next. High-Bot Saves the Worlddir. Katharine Scheid The set doesn’t change too much from the previous play, as the candy wrappers serve as extra props for what is meant to be seen as messy room, littered with papers, books and old bottles of soda. Tommy (Sanson) has thrown himself into his work, creating a robot that he thinks will save the world. This robot would allow people to get high as if they used drugs. His plans are put on the back burner as Jake (Ryan Askin) brings him back to the real world. “Did you call her?” Jake
constantly questions. As the scene continues to unfold, the audience learns that Tommy was recently dumped by a girl named Kayla and that he has a tendency to throw himself into his work, even if he doesn’t know how to code artificial intelligence. As the argument begins to heat up, the two realize the importance of their friendship and despite past issues between the two of them, they make up and get Tommy back on track when he most needs it. Peter Martino Learns to Dance- dir. Alex Kelly The final play of the evening shared a name with one of its actors. Peter Martino (Peter Martino) stands behind a bar with his girlfriend Anne (Murphy), clearly upset. The scene jumps between this couple and another: Lisa (Kidney) and Matt (Joey DeSanctis). Peter and Lisa share one thing in common, despite not knowing one another, which is that the health of their fathers is declining. We return to the characters a year later and realize that their relationships are not what they used to be. Matt is getting tired of Lisa’s juvenile nature and Anne doesn’t want the same thing that Peter does. Both couples split up and the scene ends.
The final scene allows Lisa and Peter to meet, with similarities between the two known now by the audience. But Peter is stubborn and is bothered by Lisa and she only wants someone to talk to. The question asked throughout the play is: “would you like to go dancing?” Matt asked Lisa. Anne asked Peter. Lisa asked Peter. Finally, Peter asked Lisa. The two dance in a hotel lobby, holding back the grief of losing a parent. In an emotional final monologue, the two embrace and the lights dim, signaling the end of the festival. After the show, friends and family in the audience congregated with the performers and directors. There was also a special guest in the audience: Travis Schuhardt, who wrote the final two pieces in the festival. Schuhardt, who knows Martino and Kelly from high school, is currently a student at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He spoke to The Quadrangle about his process in writing these two pieces while studying things like poetry and theater at the local university. “I’ve known Peter for a while now and I always have loved to hear him talk and whenever I hear him talk, I think ‘oh that would be a great character.’ And so, I kept trying
to find the right character to fit Peter into and then I said you know what, I’ll just make him a character,” said Schuhardt. He continued. “‘High-Bot Saves the World; was actually from my brother, who said to me, ‘you know what would be great? A robot that got high.’ I asked him ‘could I write that?’ and he said sure, so I ran with it.” Both plays dealt with the theme of breaking up, something Schuhardt doesn’t necessarily draw from a personal experience but rather he has his own philosophy about them. “It’s always more fun to look at how things fall apart than how things are made. Break-ups are typically watching a complex relationship fall apart and that’s a great thing to write about,” said Schuhardt. Kelly was able to direct not only his friend Martino, who did the acting, but working with Schuhardt’s original script. He was also able to tackle it from a technical perspective, since he typically works in the lighting booth. “[Directing] is a lot of figuring out the actors and understanding their personalities if they’re going to match with the characters. I also come at it with a tech perspective thinking about lighting and such,” said Kelly.
“High-Bot Saves the World” (left) and “The Chocolate Affair” (right) both tested the character’s strengths and weaknesses. ROSE BRENNAN / THE QUADRANGLE
On working with his friends, Kelly said, “I had a ton of fun and I love working with Travis and we worked with each other on a lot of things during high school so it was great to bring him in and work together.” Another student who balanced double-duty during the festival was Scheid, who acted and directed. However, this wasn’t her first experience student-directing. “I directed in high school before but that was a co-directing thing [...] whereas this gave me more control which was cool, exciting, but also a little terrifying because I’d never done something like this alone before,” said Scheid. On balancing both the role of actor and director, Scheid said it was an easy process because of separate rehearsal times for the two different plays. “Originally I was only going to direct but then the opportunity came for me to also act and I thought that was a wonderful opportunity. It was pretty easy because we had different schedules,” she said. As members of the Players team began to clean up the Box, they all shared congratulations and compliments for another job well-done.
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Pipes and Drums: Preparation to Parade Shannon Gleba Editor
Manhattan College’s Pipes and Drums band has been spreading Irish culture since 1981, and this year is definitely no exception. With a large assembly of both students and alumni, Jasper pride is strong among the group’s members. Alumni members are a large part of what make Pipes and Drums so great, as many other college bands do not allow students to be a part of the band after they graduate. Daniel Murphy, senior civil engineering major and Pipes and Drums’ band manager, looks forward to continuing to play the bagpipes even after receiving his diploma. “By far my favorite part is the alumni participation. Other college bands [...] kick you out once you graduate,” said Murphy in an email statement. “Just that fact alone is great for me as I’m graduating this May. The alumni are a huge reason this band is so great and I look forward to coming back next year as one!” In addition to having Murphy as the band manager, the band is directed by Michael Hogan ‘91 and pipe majors Iain Chalmers ‘18 and Bryan Smyth ‘19. Another great aspect of MC’s band is that students do not need to have experience playing neither the bagpipes nor the snare drum in order to join. The band accepts new inexperienced members and will teach them how to play and march. Olivia Crowley, junior band member, joined the group with no experience, but has grown to love playing the bagpipes. “I’ve been a member of the Manhattan College Pipes and Drums band since my freshman year. I play the bagpipes. I didn’t know how to play at all when I joined, but the alumni and students who had been playing for years taught me,” said Crowley. “Everybody in the band is friendly and welcoming and it really feels like one big family. It’s great to be a part of that family. Joining the band was definitely the best decision I’ve made during my
Manhattan College’s Pipes and Drums invites alumni to march alongside current members during the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade allowing generations to come together to celebrate and participate in Irish culture. OLIVIA CROWLEY / COURTESY
time at Manhattan College.” Throughout the school year, Pipes and Drums has a number of performances, including Memorial Day parades, Veterans Day parades, the Bronx Irish Music Festival and most notably, many St. Patrick’s Day parades. It has been a Manhattan College tradition for many years to have alumni, students and family march in the New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade along with the Pipes and Drums members. This is often the most memorable performance and overall experience for the band, as the celebration is bigger than any other. This year, Pipes and Drums once again marched on the parade route on March 17. “My favourite memory is marching up 5th Avenue on St. Patrick’s Day, there is nothing like turning onto the avenue and seeing it lined with all of the cheering people and getting to march up it,” said Smyth. Crowley also shared a
similar sentiment when asked about her favorite part of performing. “Marching in the parades is always a fun experience, but there is something truly special about the NYC parade. It’s an incredible feeling to turn onto 5th Avenue and see a sea of green cheering for you. This year was my third time marching in that parade and the entire experience still amazes me,” said Crowley. She continued. “At the end of the parade, the band will play a set while the Manhattan contingent walks off the parade route. There are always a lot of people marching behind us with Manhattan and you can really feel the bond that the Jasper community shares at the end of that parade.” In addition to performing on their own, Pipes and Drums collaborates with some other campus groups, including the Gaelic Society. The Gaelic Society invites Pipes and Drums to perform at their Irish Night each year, and many students are members of both organiza-
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tions. In addition, the Gaelic Society and the Pipes and Drums band work together in organizing MC’s involvement in the New York City parade. A lot of time and effort goes into preparing for performances, and the band meets every week to practice. “Typically we meet on Thursday nights. The bagpipers meet in Thomas Hall to practice new songs and old on our practice chanters. Likewise, the drummers go to Cornerstone in Miguel. After warming up we all meet in Smith Auditorium to practice together as a band on our bagpipes and snare drums,” said Murphy.
As the spring semester comes to a close, the band is finishing up with their last performances and looking forward to recruitment and practicing again next fall semester. “There’s not much left for the rest of the year. We have two more St. Patrick’s Day Parades this weekend: McLean Avenue and Bay Ridge,” said Chalmers. “After that we just continue practicing for a few weeks until the end of the semester preparing for the Memorial Day Parades. Then we get the summer off and pick back up when the fall semester begins.”
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WAGS: (Re) Constructing Masculinity Panel Gabriella DePinho Editor
Instead of hosting a Brown Bag lecture, Women and Gender Studies hosted a panel featuring three male professors in different departments titled (Re)constructing Masculinity in Womanist Solidarity. The idea for a men’s panel during women’s week came from a brainstorm between Dr. Ashley Cross and Dr. Jordan Pascoe. Dr. Ashley Cross selected English professor Dr. David Witzling, religious studies professor Dr. Jawanza Clark and sociology professor Dr. Cory Blad to be on the panel. “On the panel, I tried to get diverse voices, styles, perspectives. I also tried to pick three faculty members that I know in their lives as well as in their scholarship are in solidarity with women’s issues and also think about solidarity and intersectionality and are feminists. Also, I chose professors who students have been learning these things from,” said Cross. Being that they all have different educational backgrounds, as well as personal backgrounds, each professor addressed the issues of masculinity, allyship, womanism/ feminism, and other similarly related issues in unique ways. Dr. Blad chose to speak about deconstructing privilege and understanding power relationships in the world and where allyship falls into it. Dr. Clark spoke about the culture of toxic masculinity and about taking steps to fight against; he even raised points about how toxic masculinity plays a part in gun violence and about how race ties into gendered issues. Dr. Witzling started out speaking about an online discussion about social issues and then discussed the importance of
A full version of this article can be found on mcquad.org. Interviews conducted by Cathy Goodyear.
taking the time to talk about and fully understand the core of the dialogues one is part of. After the professors spoke on their perspectives and shared the thoughts they had prepared, the panel turned from presentation to discussion. The floor was opened up for questions and students and professors alike asked challenging questions for the panelists to grapple with. Senior Alannah Boyle, who has been involved with planning Women’s Week, asked the professors about how they feel when women students walk into their offices given the underlying, yet pervasive issues of the sexual assault climate. “I think that we talked about really serious things and that the questions asked didn’t shy away from the nitty gritty of sexual violence and harassment and the experiences of women and the different experiences of men,” said Boyle, “I thought that the audience as a whole did a really good job of asking tough questions and bringing up uncomfortable things.” The panelists also felt that the audience members, including Boyle, asked truly striking questions. Dr. David Witzling said, “Dr. Cross asked us to be on the panel and I think all three of us gave very academic answers to the title of the panel and the question of what it means to be a male ally to feminists and feminists. The way we all talked to the audience was in the way we would talk in a classroom or at a conference but then in the discussion portion, the questions students were asking were more about the experiences of being a student on the campus than we had thought about. It should have been obvious, I should have thought that the questions were going
to deal with practical concerns of female students on campus, but I didn’t.” This panel was the first time that a WAGS Brown Bag was not just one professor speaking about a topic of research but was a panel of professors speaking about a social issue that is on the rise. While it was the first event like this, it was successful and opened up new strands of dialogue that previously did not exist. In all responses from the panelists, planners and attendees, there was a strong, concurrent expression of a need for many more future conversations about such issues. “I think [the panel] was great and I think it was an important conversation because I think it’s very easy to get polarized, like men versus women. To me that’s debilitating. It’s understandable given the rape culture, the sexual harassment culture we’re grappling with. It’s not that productive to be polarized; men need to be in the conversation, they need to be feminists, they need to support women’s issues or else, nothing is really going to change,” said Cross. Cross also said, “I was conscious of there being a different discourse among faculty and students and then the discourse between students and faculty. I think we need to have a better sense about what those dialogues are.” “I think [events like this one] are incredibly important in the context of this college, this institution. What it does is it creates space to have these conversations and you have to have space to have these conversations and to push this idea of creating solidarity forward. It would be great if there were more men in the room,” said Blad, “It would be great if there were more white folk at diver-
sity events. It would be great if these things happened because in that space you can listen, you can step back.” A need for more male involvement in future discussions about feminism, allyship and solidarity was also expressed. Dr. Clark said, “I think there should be more engagement, men should participate more in these conversations. Women’s studies and feminism are viewed as women’s areas and that men don’t have anything to contribute to these conversations but that’s just the very reason for the panel, to talk about how feminism impacts male humanity as well.” Dr. Cory Blad cites the panel as important and as a place that women students could speak, “freely, openly and honestly” which they do not always have the opportunity to do. However, he, among others, still feels there is work to be done. Blad said, “I’d like to see culture change. I’d like to see people not viewing ideas of social justice and ideas of solidarity building as projects that other people do. They should be projects that we, collectively, are engaged in. Unless people see events and weeks like this as being something for everybody to participate in and understand, it’s going to be a challenge for us to move beyond where we are.” “Men have to challenge each other in those spaces where women aren’t around, in those all male spaces, to break the cycle of perpetuating these dangerous ideas about women,” said Clark. Dr. Clark felt that males in academia could do more about conversations surrounding toxic masculinity and feminism. “Men need to write more about these things - about the
problems of toxic masculinity and do scholarship in that area so that these conversations can continue, as opposed to having just one conversation and then moving on,” said Clark, “So I think that’s how it becomes ingrained and entrenched: if you make it a part of your scholarship, a part of your being, in your pedagogy and in your classroom, as opposed to just one-off conversation that doesn’t go anywhere after that.” Though from a different approach, Witzling agreed. “As a teacher, you have to remind students that challenging sexism and the long history of patriarchy in American culture is something they ought to be thinking about, whatever the subject matter they’re studying is. You have to remind them in all sense of students - are for all; all students are responsible for the changes that need to come,” said Witzling. While the panel opened up great discussions that many hope to see continued into the future, there is more work to be done in everyday life and in making sure more participate not only in the conversation but in living in solidarity, not just speaking about it. “Solidarity isn’t always easy. Even as a white woman, I need to be an ally in other spaces. Being an ally isn’t always easy, sometimes it comes at a cost of comfort. It can be difficult. It’s not supposed to be easy,” said Boyle.
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Peter Halliday “In my opinion, class registration is the easiest thing any of us will do as college students considering how capable we are technologically and organization wise. We are multitasking nonstop and registration is literally that in a nutshell. We have all of the tools necessary such as Google Docs and Microsoft Word and everything else right there at our fingertips so planning classes and doing that as a freshman I organized my classes very easily and had days off. I wasn’t overwhelmed with my classes.”
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Rachel Silvestri “It’s a bit competitive. When I registered for classes for this semester, I didn’t get any of the times I wanted. I had to change a bunch of them later because I didn’t want them.”
Ian Richter “I wish it was a little later in the day. Waking up early stinks, especially when you are super tired, and you got to make sure you get your codes in and if you are half asleep, you mess it up. Also the fact that I think it’s a mess that you can try to get in to a class but then you get boxed out because the internet goes to crap because everyone is trying to get on at once. It shouldn’t be a free for all, everyone should be able to get the classes they want.”
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Spring Break L.O.V.E Trip Recap Over Spring Break, Manhattan College students had the opportunity to participate in L.O.V.E service trips, spreading the Lasallian message of service across the globe. The students below had the opportunity to speak to the Quadrangle about their time abroad, what they learned, and most importantly, what these trips meant to them.
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L.O.V.E. Jamaica Sara Naessig, ‘19 A Typical Day “The trip to Jamaica entailed us visiting various Mustard Seed communities. The communities housed people of all ages and varying disabilities that were either brought to these establishments by the government or were just abandoned on the Mustard Seeds’ doorstep. Everyday we would wake up super early and feed the residents at Sophie’s Place breakfast (the Mustard Seed community that we stayed at). Most of the residents, with the exception of a few, weren’t able to feed themselves, walk
on their own, or communicate verbally. After we would feed them, we would leave on our bus to go to visit the people at another Mustard Seed location. Depending on the day, we would get the chance to hang out and play games with the people in that community or we would continue our work project of building an irrigation canal for one of the Mustard Seed villages. Sometimes, we would stay at the mustard seed all day and have dinner at that location, and other times we would come back to Sophie’s Place and feed the residents dinner and then have our own food. Every night we would participate in night devotion with the residents before we helped put them to bed. Night devotion consisted of us singing a compilation of upbeat songs and a prayer before they went to bed.”
“The second day we went to a Mustard seed community that houses teenage HIV/AIDs boys who really love playing soccer. Naturally, Doug Huntington and myself, the two soccer junkies, played a very competitive 3v3 game. The goals were two U-shaped pipes tied together and the field was a blacktop with some big potholes. Despite the playing conditions, these kids developed a great set of skills that made it challenging to keep up! It was very humbling to see how these boys were making the best of the situation they were in.” What Was Learned “When I originally came to Jamaica, I felt bad for living a pretty privileged life and not realizing that my ‘rough day’ could be another’s ‘every significance of separating the people from the conflict and their government’s interest because most likely those interests do not protect the interests of the citizens. I also learned the importance of empowering the youth and promoting peace through nonviolence to resolve long lasting conflicts.”
This spring, L.O.V.E. Palestine made history as the first group to ever travel to the Middle East. SHIMUL MIAH / COURTESY L.O.V.E. Palestine Shimul Miah, ‘18 - Trip Leader Leading L.O.V.E. ”This trip made history for Manhattan College as the first L.O.V.E. trip to the Middle East. I learned the importance
L.O.V.E. Dominican Republic Julia Jenkins, ‘18 - Trip Leader “For our L.O.V.E Trip to the DR it entailed months of preparation to start off with. We met once a week since November to get to know each other and to prepare for what we would be experiencing in the DR. Since we were working with the Mustard Seed Communities we focused on what they do. They are an organization which cares for the most vulnerable such as individuals with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, down syndrome, deaf and blind individuals, teen mothers, and those infected with HIV. Our meetings were focused on preparing ourselves with how we
of not generalizing groups of people based on perceptions portrayed in the media. Most importantly, I learned that there are many misconceptions about the Israeli and Palestinian people within the media and it is essential to understand the truth about the region and the people there. I learned the would be interacting with the residents. While we were down there, we fed every meal to the residents and then worked on different work projects in between. We painted, gardened, helped prepare meals, clean dishes, and helped with the laundry.” “The best experience I had was being able to meet to residents and learn their stories. The one resident who really stuck out to me was a 28-yearold female named Manllely. She was born without any disabilities and was attending college when she had a stroke. Because of some genetic issues as well as poor medical care she ended up severely disabled. She still remembers her life before she was in the state
Biggest Impact “We met with Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace (Parents Circle) and with their two most proactive members: A Palestinian Christian and a Israeli Jew, both of whom have lost their children to the violence of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Despite the differences of division and hatred created amongst them by their societal conditions, they chose to forgive one another and both have been working together for the past 20 years. Their courage, strength, pain, losses and forgiveness exemplified the importance of advocating for promoting peace, addressing social justice and opposing vio-
she is in now. She would tell us where she was from, about her family, and that she wanted to be a lawyer. But, she was so unbelievably kind and seemed very happy. It still blows my mind to think that could be me in her shoes and I don’t think I would be able to handle it with the grace she does. She inspires me to be more thankful for what I have and to appreciate the people I have in my life. It was a very humbling week.” “I would absolutely recommend a L.O.V.E trip to any MC student. There are so many options for where someone could go as well as the type of trip it is. There are service opportunities, cultural immersion opportunities, and a blend of both. And the connection that you
day.’ As the week progressed, I learned that I shouldn’t feel this guilt, rather I should learn to live life in an appreciative manner just like the residents. The residents of all the Mustard Seed communities that we went to taught me how to find happiness in the littlest of things whether it be a very subpar story about Scooby Doo or a meaningless penny, they always saw and appreciated that object or that story so much more than I ever did before. I also learned that humans are capable of even more strength than I ever imagined. To wake up every day in their condition, yet find the light of any situation, was breathtaking and motivational. They helped me find part of my inner strength that I’ve been blind to all these years and has given me this newfound confidence that I lence.” Melissa Gallardo, ‘19 On the Ground “We heard stories from Palestinians who’s land was taken by the Israeli government, we heard from various organizations such as the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) BADIL, a Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugees, the YWCA of Palestine, the Tent of Nations, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and more. When each organization presented to us, they all sent the same message: respect. Respect for international law, respecting the right of return of all persons and respect of human rights and human dignity. The most impactful part of the trip, for me, was visiting the city of Hebron and Bethlehem. Hebron is the largest city in the West Bank and is a sanctuary for the Abrahamic faiths.” “Palestinians are stripped of their human rights. Their land is taken away, many of
The L.O.V.E. Jamaica group visited Mustard Seed communities during their stay. SARA NAESSIG / COURTESY hope to incorporate in my everyday life.”
them don’t have access to the nearby water supply because it is under Israeli control and are extremely limited in movement because of the checkpoints. Almost everything needs a permit from construction and renovations on their homes to visiting the city of Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied territory of Israel. We walked along the Bethlehem wall and most of the art and graffiti was in English. It’s meant for foreigners to read. It was a cry for help to tear down this wall that divides up the territory and to free Palestine. The LOVE program is known for its service but this trip was completely different. I observed division; division of people, division of culture and division of faith. Beyond the division, I observed unity and hope. The unity of the Palestinian people and hope that there is a solution to the ongoing catastrophe and conflict.”
After months of preparation, L.O.V.E. DR partipants met residents of Mustard Seed Communities while completing several projects in the community. JULIA JENKINS / COURTESY make with your fellow students who you go on these trips with is amazing. The people I went on my trips with have been
some of the best people I have ever met at MC.”
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Chad Maier Shines in First Outdoor Race of 2018 JASPERS TALK Ally Hutzler Editor
Chad Maier, a standout member of the men’s track and field team at Manhattan, was recently named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Male Performer of the Week for his performance at the Shamrock Invitational in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In the first outdoor track meet of the season, the junior from Long Island came in second place in the men’s 3,000-meter race with a time of 8:34.90. The Quadrangle: How did you first get into track and field? Chad Maier: I actually started in cross country before I got into track and field. I started in middle school, all of my friends were doing it so I just did it with them. I wasn’t a big fan of the sport until my sophomore year of high school when I ran spring track. My coach at the time saw a big improvement and we kept building up from
there until I became one of my high school’s best runners and that’s what lead me to here. TQ: What was it about MC that made you want to come here and be a Jasper? CM: I’d say it was mainly because we have a good engineering program and my big thing is transportation and civil engineering so it was a really good fit. I also knew about the school for a few years because my high school came to Manhattan College for the invitationals they had every fall. TQ: What has been your experience as a collegiate athlete so far? CM: It’s a lot more work than high school, I’ll say that. It’s been a lot of fun travelling to different places to compete. Most recently the team went to South Carolina last weekend, that was our spring break trip. For MAACs in cross country my sophomore year we went to Disney World, that was a very special trip. We went to Virginia and we are going there again soon.
TQ: What is it like to balance athletics and academics, especially being a chemical engineer? CM: It’s a lot harder than it looks. It is very hard for me because my major is one of the ones that you requires a lot of work and I’m not ashamed to say that I’m already retaking a class. But it will work out that I will still get to graduate on time so that’s good. Just take your time and do whatever you can to balance it all out. It’s really tough but I’m still making it work, if I’m still running that’s a good sign. TQ: You were recently awarded MAAC Male Performer of the Week for your performance at the Shamrock Invitational, what does that honor mean to you? CM: The race was the first race for spring, which was really nice. I’ve never did a 3K outdoors. All of my 3Ks are indoors during the winter season. My personal record is actually still in Draddy which is funny. The idea of the race was very
simple: just run. Coach says “just run a race, just compete, don’t worry about the time” so that’s what I did. TQ: What are you hoping to accomplish looking ahead to the rest of the outdoor track season? CM: I’m looking to qualify in both the 5K and the 10K for IC4A. I hope to score again at MAACs in both the 5K and the 10K as well. Those are the only two events I really plan on doing. I may run the mile at some point but that’s not totally my decision. TQ: What/who is your biggest running inspiration? CM: My inspiration would be letting go of all the pressure of myself that I get from school. Running, I think, eases off everything I think about and just going numb and not thinking about it. That’s what gets me going. But people who have inspired me is most of the senior class. My two roommates especially, John Dove and Chris Orlando, they’re my captains. It was Dove back at the Jasper
Chad Maier began his career in cross country before joining track and field.GOJASPERS / COURTESY invite who paced our 3K and because of that I was able to qualify for IC4As and I’m forever grateful for that. Chris has always been good competition for me, even though he’s still a teammate we still run together. The two of them really push me to good times.
Sarah Lang Closes Out College Lacrosse Career JASPERS TALK C. Garrett Keidel Asst. Editor
Sarah Lang is a senior exercise science, pre-physical therapy major from Katonah, NY. Currently the team leader in goals this season, her 24 goals and 28 points in eight games puts her on pace to eclipse her career-best 26 goals and 41 points in 16 games during 2017. The team’s captain was also named MAAC’s Female Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of March 20 thanks in part to a weekend where she scored six goals. The Quadrangle: How did you get into sports, lacrosse in particular?
Sarah Lang: I got into sports at a young age. I’m the youngest of three girls. Usually when people hear that they do not necessarily think sport, but my parents were very involved, and their siblings were involved in sports as well. My uncle played college lacrosse at Hopkins and he’s in the hall of fame, he was a big lacrosse player. There is definitely a long line of athletes in my family. TQ: What has been your experience so far as a college athlete? SL: It’s definitely extremely rewarding. You put time and effort in, essentially you have a job, it’s basically like working a nine-to-five almost. But at the end of the day it’s one of
Senior exercise science, pre-physical therapy major Sarah Lang was named MAAc’s Female Student-Athlete of the Week. GOJASPERS / COURTESY
the most satisfying things because you create a bond with girls that can never be broken for the rest of your life. You also push your own limits as an athlete that you were never sure you could reach. It’s just really awesome. TQ: What made you want to come to Manhattan College? SL: I originally went to the University of Vermont, loved it, it was beautiful, climbed all the mountains, did the whole Burlington thing. But I’m a natural born New Yorker, had to come back to the fast-pace city. My grandmother and her brother went here, and my great uncle played baseball while he was here. He also got married in Gaelic Park. So we’re natural Jaspers. My grandmother is born and raised from the Bronx. She was a huge part of my life, and I felt like coming back here was almost like a full circle moment. It was pretty important to me and my family. TQ: What did you/do you still hope to get out of being a D1 athlete? SL: I hope to have everything on the field translate into the rest of my life. Working hard, teamwork, motivation, all things like that are lifelong skills that I see helping me in the future to be successful. Whether it’s my future family, my career, or anything like that. Obviously short term goal is I want a ring, I want to go to MAACs. I also want to be as
successful for my teammates as possible. TQ: Do you have any favorite memories playing lacrosse? SL: I’m very tall. I’m a big girl, always have been. When I was younger in middle school, I was able to play up with high schoolers. In seventh grade I was playing with juniors in high school, and nobody knew. I got to play with my sisters on club teams when I was younger and that was very special to me. There was a five-year age gap, so I was actually able to be on the field at the same time as my sisters. And here at Manhattan my fondest memory would be when we were going to Canisius. I’ve never been outside the country or anything like that. Our bus made a wrong turn and we crossed the border into Canada, and it was my first time outside the country, I was with my girls and it was really funny. TQ: Do you have a nickname on the team? SL: Slang. TQ: Do you have any goals academically and also in playing lacrosse? SL: Academically, my goal is to be as successful as possible. It’s tough obviously with our athletic schedule. But I like to maintain a certain GPA, I like to make sure I’m being proactive with all my activities. I procrastinate which can make things tough for me, so I think my biggest goal is to get a
jumpstart on all my academics and learning as much as I can. Lacrosse-wise, goals include going to MAACs, and basically having zero regrets. These are the last couple lacrosse games of my life, I just want to leave everything on the field. TQ: Are there any major lessons you’ve learned while playing lacrosse? SL: I have learned a lot of mental toughness. I think it is definitely a team game, but it’s up to you how hard you want to work and how far you think you can go. As you get older you think that you know it all, especially if you’ve been playing the same game your whole life. It’s like how much more can I absorb, but I’m in my 20s and every single day I’m still learning. The biggest thing that I have taken from lacrosse is everyday you can learn something new, and that you can get better in anything, always. TQ: Any messages you’d like to say? SL: To Jasper Nation, definitely come to some games. I think we are going to have a really successful season, I think we have been really fun to watch, and I feel really confident in the players this year. I feel really proud and lucky to have my teammates, and I wouldn’t have asked for it any other way.
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Men’s Club Rowing Team Trains in Florida To Prepare For Spring Schedule John Jackson Editor
There is about a two month period between regattas for Manhattan College men’s rowing, but the club team had no plans of letting that time go to waste. During spring break, the rowing team flew into West Palm Beach where they spent their time practicing and teambuilding at the Florida Rowing Center in Wellington, FL. The trip appeared to pay off in great dividends almost immediately. “You can tell the difference when we got on the water on Friday to the last session on Sunday,” said head coach Karla Ward. “A significant, significant improvement.” This is just an example of one of the many steps forward the club team has taken in their desire to become competitive yet again. Both Ward and assistant coach Michael Ward have returned to Riverdale this past fall after coaching the team from 2003 to 2013. Alongside fellow assistant coaches Chelsea Ernst, Elizabeth Earley and Thomas Langowski, the coaches look to lead a team of eager rowers after a few years of lessstructured rowing. For seniors Edbin Gonzalez and Sean Feeney, the 2017-2018 season has stood out quite positively in comparison to their former years with the team. “We definitely have the potential this year,” said Gonzalez. “This year is the best year [of] my four years with brand-new equipment, brand-new coaching, the best coaching style I’ve ever experienced. You don’t just see it in how we feel, but how we’re performing as well.” According to Gonzalez, junior Vincent Wiedemann, Feeney, and himself are all experiencing extreme improvement in their performances compared to years past. “We’re performing at the top that we’ve ever seen,” said Gonzalez about the trio. “We’re achieving times that we didn’t even think were possible in the realm of our possibility.” In addition to the spring training trip, the team did not take a hiatus in the winter. “It’s also the first year we’ve done extensive winter training,” Feeney said. “It’s kind of [been] on-off before; not too rigid [a] schedule. It’s good to get back into it and make sure we’re fully prepared for the spring season.” When the women’s rowing team was in Draddy Gymnasium for indoor practice in the winter, the men would do a lot of sprints, core workouts and
circuits in addition to working on the erg. “It’s a lot of different types of workouts all thrown in to kind of improve different parts of our bodies and just overall increase our general fitness and make sure we’re conditioned and well-prepped to do our best on the water and make sure we’re at our strongest,” said Feeney. One workout they did that has been a longstanding tradition at Manhattan was their use of the Overlook stairs. Every Thursday they would do 20 sets on those stairs. “Some of these workouts are long standing,” said Ward. “So the Overlook stairs 20 sets has just been a traditional crew workout.” The spring season starts on April 14 in Philadelphia, PA as the team will participate in the Kerr Cup. While the team has a little over two weeks to practice until they race competitively again, what they did and learned in Florida has already gone a long way for them. “We’re just hoping to really get our form improved after all that we learned on our Florida trip,” said Feeney. “They taught us a lot about proper posture and form in the boat when you’re supposed to be rowing.” The trip contained value beyond physical results as it was also a way for the team to bond and build stronger chemistry. “Overall I might just say getting a better sense of team camaraderie,” said freshman Matthew Reynolds in regards to what was the best part of the trip. The trip got many positive responses from the rowers and Ward is already considering making this a mainstay for men’s rowing instead of it simply being a one-time event. “I know I’ve gotten some really good feedback so I think it’s something that we’ll do yearly,” said Ward. All this work and all the early results in practice has given the team a positive outlook when thinking about their spring season. “I think we have the potential to win the whole thing this year,” Feeney said in regards to the Spring Metropolitan Championships. “We just got to work hard and make sure our form is great and we’re following each other in the boat. And I think we can do it.” The feedback from the trip and Feeney’s comments fit in well with the Wards’ coaching philosophy. “Mike and I have always kind of coached with this mantra of two goals: have fun and be competitive,” Ward said. This mantra allows for a
The Manhattan College men’s rowing team travceled to the Florida Rowing Center in Wellington, FL to practice and teambuild during spring break, in the hopes that the cluv team will become competitive again. MANHATTAN COLLEGE CREW FACEBOOK / COURTESY variety of good experiences instead of one single basic one: to win. For Reynolds he understands how rowing can transcend the results in the water. “My parents rowed here back in graduating year of ‘96’97,” said Reynolds. “That’s how they met so when I joined I and they were very ecstatic upon learning that I had joined
because it was clearly a very influential point in their lives.” Reynolds feels rowing is influential not only on his parents’ lives, but on the lives of every member of the team. “I’d say the overall team dynamic is pretty influential on everyone on the team,” said Reynolds. “Knowing that you always have a good core group of
friends who are there. They’re always going to be looking out for you, pushing you every workout and you can help push back as well.”